Comments on: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/ Thoughts about reading fiction, nonfiction, & children's books, new & old Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2231 Rebecca Reid Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:44:32 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2231 Ladytink, I'm still undecided about whether or not I liked the book. The pictures were interesting! Ladytink, I’m still undecided about whether or not I liked the book. The pictures were interesting!

]]> By: Ladytink_534 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2223 Ladytink_534 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:18:45 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2223 I eat a variety of things, some fresh, some canned, and some frozen so I guess I do kind of fit the stereotype of the United States but I agree with you that it doesn't seem like a good representation of "the world's eating habits" I eat a variety of things, some fresh, some canned, and some frozen so I guess I do kind of fit the stereotype of the United States but I agree with you that it doesn’t seem like a good representation of “the world’s eating habits”

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2169 Rebecca Reid Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:16:58 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2169 Kathy, I think he was looking at the stats of how many people do eat out regularly in the USA, so he probably felt he was being fair. I wonder though, how many people really do so. Because I don't know people like those he spotlighted. Interesting all the same! Kathy, I think he was looking at the stats of how many people do eat out regularly in the USA, so he probably felt he was being fair. I wonder though, how many people really do so. Because I don’t know people like those he spotlighted. Interesting all the same!

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2168 Rebecca Reid Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:14:34 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2168 Natasha, you may enjoy it more than I did. LibraryThing reviewers gave it an average 4.66 out of 5, which is pretty unheard of. So maybe part of my problem was expecting too much. To me, it was just a rehash of a familiar stereotype, and I was hoping for something deeper. Eva, I am very interesting in reading more; that's why I'll probably do so, as part of your challenge...I am not sure I would have picked up this book to begin with, and now the issue is fresh in my mind. Natasha, you may enjoy it more than I did. LibraryThing reviewers gave it an average 4.66 out of 5, which is pretty unheard of. So maybe part of my problem was expecting too much. To me, it was just a rehash of a familiar stereotype, and I was hoping for something deeper.

Eva, I am very interesting in reading more; that’s why I’ll probably do so, as part of your challenge…I am not sure I would have picked up this book to begin with, and now the issue is fresh in my mind.

]]> By: Eva http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2166 Eva Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:31:13 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2166 It's too bad the execution wasn't as good as the idea!  There is a real problem with nutrition in refugee camps; the vast majority of the camps are in the developing world (right now, Pakistan has the most due to the war in Afghanistan) and there are so many issues facing them. :( It’s too bad the execution wasn’t as good as the idea!  There is a real problem with nutrition in refugee camps; the vast majority of the camps are in the developing world (right now, Pakistan has the most due to the war in Afghanistan) and there are so many issues facing them. :(

]]> By: Natasha @ Maw Books http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2164 Natasha @ Maw Books Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:22:24 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2164 That's to bad, the premise sounds really great and even something that I would love to buy for my mother-in-law.  We eat tons and tons of different foods at our house.  Perhaps there is something else better out there then this one. That’s to bad, the premise sounds really great and even something that I would love to buy for my mother-in-law.  We eat tons and tons of different foods at our house.  Perhaps there is something else better out there then this one.

]]> By: Kathy http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2162 Kathy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:07:36 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2162 That book sound interesting.  I don't think we fit into the stereotypes because we rarely eat fast food.  I think he might have been better served showing a cross section of families. That book sound interesting.  I don’t think we fit into the stereotypes because we rarely eat fast food.  I think he might have been better served showing a cross section of families.

]]> By: Rebecca Reid http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2161 Rebecca Reid Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:04:46 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2161 Jeanette, those are the exact things I thought. I wonder, though, if it's OK for him to take the stats (which he provides) and try to illustrate them? That seems to be what he's done. But I hate to be categorized in to any of those family pictures....a bit too much stereotype, I agree. Jeanette, those are the exact things I thought. I wonder, though, if it’s OK for him to take the stats (which he provides) and try to illustrate them? That seems to be what he’s done. But I hate to be categorized in to any of those family pictures….a bit too much stereotype, I agree.

]]> By: Jeanette http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/what-the-world-eats-by-peter-menzel/#comment-2160 Jeanette Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:25:16 +0000 http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/?p=1403#comment-2160 I have not read this book but I've seen many of the images and had many of the same thoughts that you've expressed.  From what I saw the book focused on stereotypes and that bothered me because I don't think that is accurate or fair to lump a whole nation together based on one family's eating habits.  I know the foods I eat look nothing like that food pictured for the family from the United States.  $341 for one week? That is about how much I spend in one month! Makes me question how accurate the portrayals of other nations are. I have not read this book but I’ve seen many of the images and had many of the same thoughts that you’ve expressed.  From what I saw the book focused on stereotypes and that bothered me because I don’t think that is accurate or fair to lump a whole nation together based on one family’s eating habits.  I know the foods I eat look nothing like that food pictured for the family from the United States.  $341 for one week? That is about how much I spend in one month!
Makes me question how accurate the portrayals of other nations are.

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