Hungry Planet

出版者:Material World

作者:Peter Menzel

页数:287

出版时间:2007-9-1

价格:USD 24.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780984074426

具体描述

The 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 eating habits worldwide. HUNGRY PLANET profiles 30 families from around the world--including Bosnia, Chad, Egypt, Greenland, Japan, the United States, and France--and offers detailed descriptions of weekly food purchases; photographs of the families at home, at market, and in their communities; and a portrait of each family surrounded by a week's worth of groceries. Featuring photo-essays on international street food, meat markets, fast food, and cookery, this captivating chronicle offers a riveting look at what the world really eats.

The paperback edition of the 2006 James Beard Book of the Year featuring a photojournalistic survey of 30 families from 24 countries and the food they eat during the course of one week. Winner of the 2006 James Beard Award for writings on food, finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award for food reference/technical, and winner of the 2005 Harry Chapin Media Award. Includes more than 300 photographs plus essays on the politics of food by Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Charles C. Mann, Alfred W. Crosby, Francine R. Kaufman, Corby Kummer, and Carl Safina. The hardcover edition has sold 40,000 copies.Awards

2006 James Beard Cookbook of the YearThe Splendid Table Book of the Year

2005 Harry Chapin Media Award

finalist for the 2006 IACP Cookbook Award

Reviews"The photos are at once charming and astonishing in their honesty."—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel“A treasure trove of information . . . The photographs alone are worth the price of admission.”—Travel Girl“Arresting, beautiful, enlightening and infinitely human, this is a collection of full-page photos of families around the world surrounded by what they eat in a single week -- from Bhutan to San Antonio. Read the illuminating statistics and the essays. This is a book for the family and for the classroom. You won't see the same old "aren't we better than them" attitude, nor will you be shamed. This book reminds us that what we eat is the simplest, yet most profound, thread that ties us together.”—Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Host of American Public Media's Public Radio Program, The Splendid Table.“the politics of food at its most poignant and provocative. A coffee table book that will certainly make coffee interesting.” –Washington Post“While the photos are extraordinary--fine enough for a stand-alone volume--it's the questions these photos ask that make this volume so gripping. This is a beautiful, quietly provocative volume.” -Publishers Weekly, starred review“This book of portraits reveals a planet of joyful individuality, dispiriting sameness, and heart-breaking disparity. It's a perfect gift for the budding anti-globalists on your list” -Bon Appetit“[A] unique photographic study of global nutrition” –USA Today“Grabs your attention for the startlingly varied stories it tells about how people feed themselves around the world. Its contents are based on detailed research, beautifully photographed, presented with often disturbing clarity.” -Associated Press"The world's kitchens open to Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, the intrepid couple who created the series of books called Material World.... As always with this couple's terse, lively travelogues, politics and the world economy are never far from view." -New York Times Book Review “illuminating, thought-provoking, and gloriously colorful” –Saveur magazine“Richly colored and quietly composed photographs....Hungry Planet is not a book about obesity or corporate villains; it's something much grander. Its premise is simple to the point of obvious and powerful to the point of art.” -Salon.com“A fascinating nutritional and gustatory tour.” -San Jose Mercury News“A grand culinary voyage through our modern world...a lushly illustrated anthropological study.” -San Francisco Bay Guardian“The talked-about book of the season...the stories are fascinating.” -Detroit Free Press“Unique and engaging” –Delta Airlines Sky magazine

用户评价

最近读完了一本关于全球食物体系的书，真是让人耳目一新，尤其是它深入探讨了我们日常饮食背后复杂的经济、社会和环境联系。这本书的叙事方式非常引人入胜，作者似乎有着一种将枯燥的统计数据和宏大的全球趋势，转化为生动、可感知的个人故事的能力。我印象最深的是其中关于某个特定地区的传统农业模式如何被工业化种植所取代的部分，那种失落感和无奈，隔着书页都能感受到。它不仅仅是在陈述事实，更是在引导读者去思考，我们每一次打开超市的冰箱门，背后牵扯了多少人的生计，又消耗了多少地球的资源。书中对供应链的剖析尤其到位，那些我们习以为常的“全球化”便利，其实是建立在牺牲了某些角落的生态平衡和社区韧性之上的。读完后，我感觉自己对餐桌上的每一粒米、每一片菜叶都产生了更深的敬畏和责任感，这绝对是一本能改变你思考方式的深度读物，绝对值得花时间去细细品味，去质疑那些被我们视为理所当然的“进步”。

这本书的文字功底简直是教科书级别的，我很少看到一本如此专业且具有学术深度的作品，还能保持如此流畅、几乎不让人感到阅读障碍的文笔。作者似乎非常擅长使用对比手法，将不同文化背景下的食物获取方式并置在一起，产生强烈的冲击效果。比如，它会详细描述发展中国家农民为了适应全球市场需求而不得不种植单一作物所面临的风险，紧接着就转到发达国家中产阶级对“有机”、“本地化”食品的狂热追捧，这种鲜明的反差，让人不得不停下来反思，这种所谓的全球食物正义究竟在哪里？它的结构安排非常精妙，每一个章节都像是一个精心打磨的论证，层层递进，逻辑严密。我尤其欣赏作者那种克制的批判态度，没有过度煽情，而是用冰冷而清晰的数据和案例，构建起一个令人信服的论证框架，让人在接受信息的同时，也自然而然地产生了深刻的同理心。对于任何对可持续发展和全球伦理感兴趣的人来说，这都是一本绕不开的案头书。

这本书的叙事节奏把握得极佳，阅读过程中，仿佛跟随着作者进行了一场跨越五大洲的田野调查。最吸引我的特点是，它极少使用那种居高临下的评判口吻，而是以一种充满好奇和尊重的态度去记录和呈现不同人群与食物的互动方式。书中对“食物浪费”这一议题的探讨尤其深刻，它不仅分析了发达国家在消费末端的惊人数字，更挖掘了在生产和储存环节中，发展中国家因基础设施落后而导致的巨大损耗，这种对问题多维度、无偏见的呈现，极大地拓宽了我的视野。我尤其欣赏它对地方知识的重视，那些关于如何保存食物、如何利用边角料的古老智慧，在作者的笔下焕发出新的生命力，与现代科学形成了有趣的对话。读完这本书，我感觉自己不仅获得了一堆关于食物的知识，更重要的是，获得了一种看待世界运转方式的全新框架，它鼓励人们去寻找那些被主流叙事所忽略的、更具人性和可持续性的替代路径。

我向来对那些试图一概而论的宏大叙事持保留态度，但这本书最了不起的地方，就在于它成功地在宏观和微观之间找到了一个完美的平衡点。它既能俯瞰全球农业政策的变迁，也能深入到小农家庭的厨房里，描绘出柴米油盐背后的挣扎与智慧。我特别喜欢作者对“技术”持有的那种审慎态度，书中没有简单地赞美科技带来的效率提升，而是深入挖掘了现代农业技术在不同社会语境下所产生的意想不到的负面后果。那种对基因改造、大规模机械化生产的冷静剖析，让人看到效率背后的隐性成本。它不是在贩卖焦虑，而是在提供一种更成熟、更辩证的视角来看待“进步”这个词汇的真正含义。读完后，我感觉对很多关于“未来食物”的讨论都有了更扎实的背景知识作为支撑，不再轻易被那些浮于表面的口号所打动。

说实话，这本书的阅读体验是相当“沉重”的，但这种沉重感恰恰来自于其内容的厚度和广度。它不是那种读完后会让你感到轻松愉快的休闲读物，而更像是一次深入泥土、直面世界复杂性的精神洗礼。我喜欢它跳脱出单一地域的限制，以一种近乎人类学家的视角去审视食物的流动性。书中对气候变化如何重塑农业格局的分析尤其令人警醒，作者并没有停留在描绘灾难场景，而是细致地研究了不同地区的人们是如何被迫适应、甚至创造性地反抗这种环境压力的。其中关于海洋渔业资源枯竭的那一章，简直让人看得心惊肉跳，那些关于过度捕捞和深海采矿的描述，带着一种纪录片式的震撼力。它迫使我重新审视自己与自然界的关系，不再将自然视为一个取之不尽的仓库，而是一个需要小心维护的生命共同体。这种由内而外的观念转变，才是这本书最宝贵的价值所在。