Reviews
"The photographer/writer team behindHungry Planetcontinues its engrossing examination of everyday life." -Mother Jones, Oct 2010 "What I Eat…does not judge. It simply presents. …Images of healthy people and catastrophically unhealthy people - you can't get them out of your head. Somehow, without instructing you to think harder about the choices you make when you eat, this book makes you do exactly that. The reason: You wonder what your own portrait would look like." -Esquire,Sept 2010 "The photographs are eye catching...you will be amazed." -The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com, 8/13/10 "It's a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles." -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly's "Cooking the Books" e-newsletter "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." -Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptions…What I Eatoffers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." -USA Weekend, “The photographer/writer team behind Hungry Planet continues its engrossing examination of everyday life.� -Mother Jones , Oct 2010 “ What I Eat &does not judge. It simply presents. &Images of healthy people and catastrophically unhealthy people - you can’t get them out of your head. Somehow, without instructing you to think harder about the choices you make when you eat, this book makes you do exactly that. The reason: You wonder what your own portrait would look like.� -Esquire, September 2010 “Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D’Aluisio have produced a visual encyclopedia. ... What I Eat doesn’t treat its subjects like docu-drama puppet figures. Instead, Menzel and D’Aluisio make their points gently-by taking readers inside the lives of the people whose diets they document.� -Energy Times , September 2010 “In their new and even more ambitious What I Eat , &Menzel and D’Aluisio dig deeper into what mealtimes mean to the workers and families who eat them. ...they are alive to the circumstances that make people eat what and when they do. ...fascinating way beyond the food.� - Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 9/7/10 “ What I Eat is the sort of coffee table book you have to remove before the guests come over-at least if you want them to leave. The latest photo-journalism book from Menzel and D’Aluisio is as addictive as their equally engaging Hungry Planet . ...It’s all told so vividly, both visually and verbally.� -LA Weekly, Squid Ink blog, 9/7/10 “a revealing and fascinating glimpse into the lives of 80 people from all walks of life and around the world.� -Louise McCready, Huffington Post food blog, 9/6/10 “it’s hard to stop looking at it. ...Even if someone isn’t into food, the social, economic, and political implications of the photos are riveting.� -Chow.com,8/19/10 “The photographs are eye catching...you will be amazed.� -The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com, 8/13/10 “It’s a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles.� -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly’s “Cooking the Books� e-newsletter “[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet.� -Conde Nast Traveler “Through vivid photographs and descriptions& What I Eat offers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food.� -USA Weekend, "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." --Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptionshellip;What I Eatoffers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." --USA Weekend, "It's a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles." -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly's "Cooking the Books" e-newsletter "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." -Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptions…What I Eatoffers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." -USA Weekend, "The photographer/writer team behindHungry Planetcontinues its engrossing examination of everyday life." -Mother Jones, Oct 2010 "What I Eat…does not judge. It simply presents. …Images of healthy people and catastrophically unhealthy people - you can't get them out of your head. Somehow, without instructing you to think harder about the choices you make when you eat, this book makes you do exactly that. The reason: You wonder what your own portrait would look like." -Esquire,September 2010 "Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D'Aluisio have produced a visual encyclopedia. ...What I Eatdoesn't treat its subjects like docu-drama puppet figures. Instead, Menzel and D'Aluisio make their points gently-by taking readers inside the lives of the people whose diets they document." -Energy Times, September 2010 "In their new and even more ambitiousWhat I Eat, …Menzel and D'Aluisio dig deeper into what mealtimes mean to the workers and families who eat them. ...they are alive to the circumstances that make people eat what and when they do. ...fascinating way beyond the food." -Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 9/7/10 "What I Eatis the sort of coffee table book you have to remove before the guests come over-at least if you want them to leave. The latest photo-journalism book from Menzel and D'Aluisio is as addictive as their equally engagingHungry Planet. ...It's all told so vividly, both visually and verbally." -LA Weekly, Squid Ink blog, 9/7/10 "a revealing and fascinating glimpse into the lives of 80 people from all walks of life and around the world." -Louise McCready, Huffington Post food blog, 9/6/10 "it's hard to stop looking at it. ...Even if someone isn't into food, the social, economic, and political implications of the photos are riveting." -Chow.com,8/19/10 "The photographs are eye catching...you will be amazed." -The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com, 8/13/10 "It's a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles." -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly's "Cooking the Books" e-newsletter "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." -Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptions…What I Eatoffers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." -USA Weekend, "A fascinating, insightful look at what 80 people around the world eat in a typical day." - Publishers Weekly, The Best Cookbooks of 2010: Winner of Most Fascinating Food Book, 11/8/10 "The photographer/writer team behind Hungry Planet continues its engrossing examination of everyday life." -Mother Jones , Oct 2010 " What I Eat &does not judge. It simply presents. &Images of healthy people and catastrophically unhealthy people - you can't get them out of your head. Somehow, without instructing you to think harder about the choices you make when you eat, this book makes you do exactly that. The reason: You wonder what your own portrait would look like." -Esquire, September 2010 "Photographer Peter Menzel and writer Faith D'Aluisio have produced a visual encyclopedia. ... What I Eat doesn't treat its subjects like docu-drama puppet figures. Instead, Menzel and D'Aluisio make their points gently-by taking readers inside the lives of the people whose diets they document." -Energy Times , September 2010 "In their new and even more ambitious What I Eat , &Menzel and D'Aluisio dig deeper into what mealtimes mean to the workers and families who eat them. ...they are alive to the circumstances that make people eat what and when they do. ...fascinating way beyond the food." - Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 9/7/10 " What I Eat is the sort of coffee table book you have to remove before the guests come over-at least if you want them to leave. The latest photo-journalism book from Menzel and D'Aluisio is as addictive as their equally engaging Hungry Planet . ...It's all told so vividly, both visually and verbally." -LA Weekly, Squid Ink blog, 9/7/10 "a revealing and fascinating glimpse into the lives of 80 people from all walks of life and around the world." -Louise McCready, Huffington Post food blog, 9/6/10 "it's hard to stop looking at it. ...Even if someone isn't into food, the social, economic, and political implications of the photos are riveting." -Chow.com,8/19/10 "The photographs are eye catching...you will be amazed." -The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com, 8/13/10 "It's a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles." -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly's "Cooking the Books" e-newsletter "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." -Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptions& What I Eat offers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." -USA Weekend, "The photographs are eye catching...you will be amazed." -The Epi-Log on Epicurious.com, 8/13/10 "It's a fascinating presentation, and readers can certainly draw their own conclusions from the profiles." -Lynn Andriani, Publishers Weekly's "Cooking the Books" e-newsletter "[a] fascinating photojournalism book. ...The intimate portraits of natives and their food (and calorie counts) are not only a sample of regional cuisines but a look at how diet affects our health and out planet." -Conde Nast Traveler "Through vivid photographs and descriptions…What I Eatoffers a new perspective on nutrition, the relationship between diet and culture, and how globalization has changed how we look at food." -USA Weekend