Food, travel, world cultures: some of my friends would enjoy these books

[cjsmith]

What the World Eats

What I Eat

Food Journeys of a Lifetime

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[wcg]

There's also this, which I imagine is very similar to the first one you have. I read it a few years ago. Very informative.

[cjsmith]

These authors are prolific in this field, yes!

I myself don’t own any of these books, but I could enjoy just browsing through them. They remind me of certain people - foodies, yes, intrigued by culture, and also able bodied, pain free, no food sensitivities, comfortable cushions of disposable income. I could imagine such a person bouncing around the globe following a book such as one of these. It would be an interesting way to spend a couple of years.

[wcg]

I think it was the family in Mali that was obviously polygamous which got my attention. They seemed to be eating a pretty healthy diet of natural foods, but both women had to put in a lot of work every day to make the meals happen. At least they had each other to help.

[cjsmith]

Food preparation is such an enormous percentage of the total effort expended by humanity overall. It’s mind boggling when I stop to think about it.

[nosrednayduj]

Some of us find it fun, so it's easy to forget that it is work.

[cjsmith]

Well, at least those of us in the USA are mostly not spending many hours a day grinding grain by hand or something. :/