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What I eat : around the world in 80 diets
Record details
- ISBN: 0984074406
- ISBN: 9780984074402
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Physical Description:
335 p. : col. ill., map ; 32 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Napa, Calif. : Material World Books ; Berkeley [Calif.] : Ten Speed Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This book presents 80 people around the world and what they ate on one ordinary day. It is organized according to the number of calories consumed, from least to most." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 3500-3900: 3500: Japan, the Sumo wrestler ; USA California, the paddle surfer -- 3600: USA Colorado, the greenskeeper -- 3700: Germany, the bread queen ; USA California, the wind farm engineer ; Australia, the lifeguard -- 3800: Ecuador, the mountain farmer ; USA Maine, the lobsterman -- 3900: Spain, the shepherd ; Latvia, the voice coach ; USA Virginia, the sustainable farmer ; Russia, the art restorer -- Food taboos / Ellen Ruppel Shell -- 4000-4900 calories: 400: USA Texas, the U.S. Army soldier ; Italy, the friar ; Venezuela, the student in the Barrio ; Egypt, the businessman -- 4100: USA Illinois, the commodity farmer -- 4200: Spain, the bullfighter -- 4300: China, the welder ; Namibia, the game warden -- 4600: Germany, the master butcher -- 4700: Canada, the Inuit carver -- 4800: Japan,the bike messenger -- 4900: Tibet autonomous Region, China, the head monk ; Iran, the bread baker -- The end of cooking / Michael Pollan -- 5000-12300 calories: 5200: Brazil, the fisherman -- 5400: USA Mississippi, the long-haul trucker -- 5600: Tibet Autonomous Region, China, the yak herder -- 6000: Venezuela, the oil platform chief -- 6500: Greenland, the Arctic hunter -- 6600: USA Illinois, the high-rise ironworker -- 8400: Namibia, the trans-Kalahari trucker -- 12300: Great Britain, the snacker mom -- The pleasures of eating / Wendell Berry -- Statistics. |
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| Subject: | Photography of food Food habits Pictorial works Diet Pictorial works Food Pictorial works |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | TX 353 .M437 2010 | 30540847 | General Collection | Available | - |
What I Eat : Around the World in 80 Diets
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Author Notes
What I Eat : Around the World in 80 Diets
Peter Menzel is an internationally known photojournalist who writes many of his books in collaboration with his wife, Faith D'Aluisio. Titles of some include "Material World: A Global Family Portrait," "Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects" (the writing of which required the two to actually devour bugs), and "Women in the Material World." (Bowker Author Biography)
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