***All photos on this page by Peter Menzel, copyright ©2004.


The Cui family in rural Beijing and what they eat in a week. Note that the woman third from the left and girl
third from the right are relatives who were just stopping by; I am also not a part of the family, duh.


Cui Lianyou is your average Chinese farmer: extremely friendly and poor.


Recording some purchases at the local market.


We spent two days learning about the Cui family's eating habits.


You can see all the details, including photos, background, and a comprehensive list of the food they buy each week, along with the same information for 29 other families around the world, in Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio's book, Hungry Planet: