What's In Your Grocery Bag?

Have you seen this photo essay from Time showing families from fifteen different countries with their groceries for the week?

Photojournalist, Peter Menzel, traveled the world photographing families and their weekly food purchase for the book The Hungry Planet. The photos present a fascinating insight into the cultural differences in eating habits around the world, and the stark contrast between first world, developing and third world nations.

Here are eight of the photos representing families from a diverse group of countries, in order of their weekly food costs. Definitely check out the entire gallery to see the rest of the countries represented - it's enlightening.

Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding

United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips

Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

China: The Dong family of Beijing
Food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 Yuan or $155.06
Favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce