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

Comments

[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. :/