Illustration by Benoit Tardif (bentardif.com).
Read “All Together Now” by Tom Jokinen at TheWalrus.ca.
05/07/13
Photograph by Matt Barnes (thatsthespot.com).
Read “Almost Famous” by Matthew McKinnon at TheWalrus.ca.
05/07/13
Illustration by Julia Breckenreid (breckenreid.com).
Read “Fifty Shades of Vanilla” by Steven W. Beattie at TheWalrus.ca.
04/22/13
Kodaira City, Japan—The Ukita Family
In any given week, the Ukita family will eat at least a dozen types of fish and shellfish and three varieties of seaweed. Like many families in urban Japan, they eat out often.
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04/18/13
Ujjain, India—The Patkar Family
04/18/13
Raleigh, USA—The Revis Family
The Revis family has struggled to lose weight at times, and Brandon and Tyrone, Rosemary’s sons from a previous marriage, expressed shock at seeing the amount of food that everyone had consumed in a week.
04/18/13
Gatineau, Canada—The Finken Family
The Finkens try to eat locally produced organic fruit and vegetables and also grow vegetables in their front yard. The children are particularly fond of Indian food.
04/18/13
Kouakourou, Mali—The Natomo Family
Asked about their favourite foods, the family says that they don’t think in terms of favourites. All of their meals centre on a millet porridge called tô, which is eaten with various soups and sauces.
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04/18/13
Bargteheide, Germany—The Melander Family
04/18/13
Riverview, Australia—The Brown Family
04/12/13
Cairo, Egypt—The Ahmed Family
04/12/13
Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina—The Dudo Family
04/12/13
Kuwait City, Kuwait—The Al-Haggan Family
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04/12/13
Tingo, Ecuador—The Ayme Family lives for most of the year on food that they grow themselves. If they can afford it, on market days they indulge their sweet tooth by buying some brown cane sugar to nibble on.
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04/09/13
Weitaiwu, China—The Cui Family has a small plot of land outside their village, and they also grow tomatoes, cabbage, squash, and cucumbers in their courtyard. In more recent years the government has granted them smaller plots of land, so they purchase 90 percent of the food they eat.
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04/09/13
Havana, Cuba—The Costa Family
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04/09/13
Palerma, Italy—The Manzo Family
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04/09/13
Iqaluit, Canada—The Melanson Family
Starting 2000, photographer Peter Menzel (menzelphoto.com) and writer Faith D’Aluisio spent five years visiting families in twenty-four countries, investigating what kind of food, and how much, a typical clan consumes. They photographed each family with an entire week’s supply.
Read “Our Weekly Bread” from our January 2007 issue at TheWalrus.ca.
04/09/13
Mordecai Richler at work in his beloved house on Lake Memphremagog, in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. Photograph by Joy von Tiedemann (joyvontiedemann.com).
Read “My Dad, the Movie, and Me” by Noah Richler at TheWalrus.ca.
04/09/13
Illustration by Jillian Tamaki (jilliantamaki.com).
Read “The Lynching of Louie Sam” by John Vaillant at TheWalrus.ca.
03/28/13
Illustration by Paul Kim (illegalsite.tumblr.com).
Read “Man of Enterprise” by John Semley at TheWalrus.ca.
03/28/13
Meet “John Holloway,” former clown, trucker, drug addict, high-paid crime fighter, serious adrenalin junkie, and—for now—retired undercover agent. Photograph by Aorta (aorta.se).
Read ”Masked Avenger” by Andrew Mitrovica at TheWalrus.ca.
03/28/13
Illustration by Stephen Appleby-Barr (teammacho.com).
Check out “Life on the Instalment Plan” by Marian Botsford Fraser at TheWalrus.ca.
03/28/13
Illustration by Rachelle Maynard (rachellemaynard.com).
From the archives: “Passed Over” by Richard Poplak. In modernizing the Seder, are we losing touch with Judaism? Check the piece out at TheWalrus.ca.
03/26/13
Illustration by Alex Fischer (artofalexfischer.com).
Read “Noisemakers” by Grace O’Connell at TheWalrus.ca.
03/26/13
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