Faith D. Aluisio Bücher

„Mahlzeit - Auf 80 Tellern um die Welt“ ist ein Buch, das man nicht jeden Tag auf den Tisch bekommt. in 30 Ländern rund um den Globus hat das Journalisten Duo die Essgewohnheiten ganz unterschiedlicher Menschen studiert und fotografiert. Von Menschen, die mit 500 bis 2000 Kalorien am Tag auskommen (müssen), und solchen die bis 20.000 Kalorien am Tag verdrücken. Ein außergewöhnlicher Einblick in den Huger der Weltbevölkerung: von der Nomadin bis zum Astronauten, von der Zirkusakrobatin bis zum Sumo-Ringer.

20 Familien-Frauen aus verschiedenen Landern und Kulturen sprechen uber ihr Leben, ihre Hoffnungen, Traume, Freuden und Sorgen. Der Bildband zeigt ein faszinierendes Weltbild der Frau, mit hinreissenden Fotos und vielen Informationen und Daten. (Quelle: Katalog SBE)

Ein reichhaltiger, kulinarischer Atlas der Welt im Zeitalter grosser Veränderungen. Auf den ansprechenden Fotos sind Wochenrationen von 30 Familien aus 24 Ländern abgebildet. Im Vergleich der Bilder werden einerseits eine Vermischung und Angleichung der Lebensmittelkultur und andererseits kulturelle Eigenarten, Geschichte und soziale Situation sichtbar. Offensichtlich wird auch, wie sehr Ernährung und Gesundheit von Faktoren wie Armut, Krieg oder Globalisierung abhängen.

On the banks of Mali's Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform diets worldwide. In HUNGRY PLANET, the creative team behind the best-selling Material World, Women in the Material World, and MAN EATING BUGS presents a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each family's profile includes a detailed description.

Explores the consumption of spiders, crickets, grubs, scorpions, and dragonflies in thirteen different countries, including Australia, Japan, China, Venezuela, and the United States.

Highlights intelligent robots created in the form of spiders, crabs, dogs, and vehicles, and discusses robots' human-like ability to move, speak, think, and act.

Sitting down to a daily family meal has long been a tradition for billions of people. But in every corner of the world this age-old custom is rapidly changing. From increased trade between countries to the expansion of global food corporations like Kraft and Nestlé, current events are having a tremendous impact on our eating habits. Chances are your supermarket is stocking a variety of international foods, and American fast food chains like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken are popping up all over the planet. For the first time in history, more people are overfed than underfed. And while some people still have barely enough to eat, others overeat to the point of illness. To find out how mealtime is changing in real homes, authors Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio visited families around the world to observe and photograph what they eat during the course of one week. They joined parents while they shopped at mega grocery stores and outdoor markets, and participated in a feast where a single goat was shared among many families. They watched moms making dinner in kitchens and over cooking fires, and they sat down to eat with twenty-five families in twenty-one countries--if you’re keeping track, that’s about 525 meals! The foods dished up ranged from hunted seal and spit-roasted guinea pig to U.N.-rationed grains and gallons of Coca-Cola. As Peter and Faith ate and talked with families, they learned firsthand about food consumption around the world and its corresponding causes and effects. The resulting family portraits offer a fascinating glimpse into the cultural similarities and differences served on dinner plates around the globe.