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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE).The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, in their living room with a week's worth of food. Cui Haiwang, 33, and Li Jinxian, 31, stand with their son, Cui Yuqi, 6, Haiwang's mother, Wu Xianglian, 61, and father, Cui Lianyou, 59, and Haiwang's grandmother, Cui Wu, 79. The Cui family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 82).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Breakfast at the Cuis' includes fresh eggs from the family hens and hot mian tiao (noodles) with a little cooked spinach and MSG. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Two hours later, lunch is ready. Six-year-old Cui Yuqi reaches for a piece of smoked chicken in the family's kitchen house. Other foods on the table include (clockwise from bottom) cauliflower and beef; pig's feet; dried tofu curd and cucumber; cucumber and beef; steamed egg-white custard; stir-fried green peppers and beef. The tomatoes in the center were picked from their kitchen garden that morning. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 88). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • The Cui family lunch always includes rice and vegetables fresh from the garden like tomatoes and squash, but also includes chicken, pigs' feet, beef, tofu, and egg-white custard. Weitaiwu Village, China. (From a photographic gallery of meals in Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, p. 244). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Cui Yuqi, 6, eats breakfast at the Cuis'. Today breakfast includes fresh eggs from the family hens and hot mian tiao (noodles) with a little cooked spinach and MSG. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Cui Yuqi, 6, eats breakfast at the Cuis'. Today breakfast includes fresh eggs from the family hens and hot mian tiao (noodles) with a little cooked spinach and MSG. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Cui Yuqi, 6, looks out from a curtain separating his bedroom from the main room. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Visiting a fruit vendor in another nearby town, Li Jinxian and Cui Haiwang watch as a watermelon they are buying is weighed. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Li Jinxian always likes to buy fruit from the same vendor, a woman whom she has built a rapport with over time. This week her husband, Cui Haiwang, has come shopping with her; usually he's away working in Beijing. Both husband and wife are discriminating fruit and vegetable shoppers. Sniffing and pinching each item before deciding on a purchase is standard operating procedure. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 85). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Visiting a fruit vendor in another nearby town, Li Jinxian and Cui Haiwang sniff the plums to find the ripest, sweetest fruit. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 86). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Shopping for the week's worth of food in the family portrait, Li Jinxian and Cui Haiwang buy chicken, lamb, and pork at the Luckybird Meat Store No. E0001 in the market town nearest their small village of Weitaiwu, which is located in the Beijing Province of China. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 86). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Visiting their town market, Cui Haiwang chooses string beans while his wife and son watch. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Outside the Luckybird meat market in a nearby town, Li Jinxian (in yellow shirt) selects eggs to buy. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Loaded down with groceries for the family portrait, Li Jinxian and Cui Haiwang are met by Grandfather Cui with his sanlun che (three-wheeled cart) at the entrance to the narrow lane leading to their home. The Cui family (indeed, most rural Chinese) would never buy this quantity of food at one time, but would buy smaller quantities every day. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 87). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE)."Never could we have imagined that we would ever have this much to eat," says Grandfather Cui, reflecting on his childhood in the village as he has a smoke in his cornfield. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 91). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Cui Lianyou, 59, walks by some neighbors on the way to his cornfield which is about 2 kilometers from the family's home in Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Wu Xianglian, 61 in front of the outdoor kitchen of the family compound. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Breakfast at the Cuis' includes fresh eggs from the family hens and hot mian tiao (noodles) with a little cooked spinach and MSG. The round chopping block is made from a slice of tree trunk, a common practice in China. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 89). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Chopping squash for a lunch of squash, cauliflower, squash, mushrooms and green onions, and chicken at the Cuis of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province. The round chopping block is made from a slice of tree trunk, a common practice in China. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Li Jinxian, 31, in the Cui family kitchen preparing a lunch of squash, cauliflower, squash, mushrooms, green pepper and green onions at the Cuis of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province. (Supporting image from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Today on the Cui family's lunch menu: homemade baozi. Baozi are steamed bread filled usually with a pork mixture. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Preparing a lunch of squash, cauliflower, mushrooms and green onions at the Cuis of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province. The round chopping block is made from a slice of tree trunk, a common practice in China. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). In the courtyard that morning, Li Jinxian husks corn from their cornfield under the watchful eye of Great-grandmother Cui Wu. The family will eat some of the corn and trade the rest; the husks go to the sheep. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 89). The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). In the courtyard on a summer morning, Li Jinxian squats after husking corn from their cornfield under the watchful eye of Great-grandmother Cui Wu. The family will eat some of the corn and trade the rest; the husks go to the sheep. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Wu Xianglian, 61 helps a neighbor girl learn to ride her grandson's new bicycle in the courtyard of the Cui family home. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Cui family of Weitaiwu village, Beijing Province, China, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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