Totally Fascinating!

[urbpan]

What the World Eats.

Thanks to bleppo for the link.

Bananas for everyone! Poor peoples' food comes in big sacks, while people from wealthier nations eat from colorful packages. In Italy and Mexico there's a lot of fresh fruits and veggies, apparently (and bread)!

I liked to scroll down slowly and try to guess what country each family was from.

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[interglossa.livejournal.com]

This was very interesting and reminiscent of the Menzel book. This kind of exploration can be done not just horizontally (in current time across the world) but vertically (in the past of Western cuisine).

Jef, I got the impression you may be a un-fan of Wikipedia but the articles on Medieval cuisine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_cuisine) and porridge (largely equivalent apparently) were very interesting to me, even though I am only a foodie by osmosis.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

That's very interesting!

(For the record, I am a fan of wikipedia, but I avoid using it for "official" research. A couple times I've had to explain its usefulness to my Dad, who thinks it's the electronic equivalent of a bathroom wall.)