Time Magazine has put together a photo essay of what the world eats. Found in each photo is a family accompanied by the foods they would consume in a single week. The pictures are collected from 10 speed press’ upcoming book, Hungry Planet.

On the banks of Mali’s Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This 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 diets worldwide. In HUNGRY PLANET, the creative team behind the best-selling Material World, Women in the Material World, and MAN EATING BUGS presents a photographic study of families from around the world, revealing what people eat during the course of one week. Each family’s profile includes a detailed description.

It’s interesting to see the photos filled with rows of bottled beverages (not water.) It looks as if the farther you get away from the culture Americans identify with, the more natural foods appear in the spreads. See the photo essay at Time, and the book at 10 Speed Press.