This image set on imgur shows families around the work and the groceries they consume during one week. The photos are taken from the book Hungry Planet.   What the world eats — a week’s worth of groceries – Imgur via kwout

Pairing Wine and Food

Pairing Wine and Food [infographic] via kwout

A Visual calcium calculator

The full infographic is available after the jump Calcium calculator | Visual.ly via kwout

This man gets rid of food

There is a quite extreme experience presented in the article linked below: A man replaced food by a special drink that he makes himself and that is supposed to contain all the nutrients required by the body. This is also actively discussed on Hacker News.  This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again | [...]

Full infographic is available after the jump: Nutrition: Minerals Cheat Sheet & Food Sources [Infographic] via kwout

Bourdieu’s Food Space Chart

I found the chart below that displays foods along 2 axis (according economic capital and cultural capital) interesting. It’s based on a book published by Pierre Bourdieu more than 30 years ago.  Bourdieu’s Food Space – Gastronomica via kwout Found via FlowingData.

The pictures presented on the related article are taken from a Susan Hochbaum’s book.  Paris: Exploring The City Through Its Iconic Pastries (PHOTOS) via kwout

Why French people don’t get fat?

In this Santa Barbara Independent article, there is an interesting explanation of why French don’t get fat whereas "they eat three times as much saturated animal fat as Americans do." The article author Michael Seabaugh quotes  Laurence Hauben an expert on the subject: “The French don’t traditionally wolf down a meal at their desk or while [...]

Time published here a set of photographs from  a book by by Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio. The concept is to show a family from different countries with the food they eat. The french family’s photograph is linked below:

Here are some links to figure out what do 120, 200 or 300 calories look like: 120 calories: 200 calories: 300 calories: