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The Patkar family—Jayant, 48, Sangeeta, 42, daughter Neha, 19, and son Akshay, 15—in the living room of their home in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India, with one week’s worth of food. Cooking method: gas stove. Food preservation:
refrigerator-freezer. /// The Patkar family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 166). Food expenditure for one week: $39.27 USD. (Please refer to Hungry Planet book p. 167 for the family’s detailed food list.)