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The Revis family in the kitchen of their home in suburban Raleigh, North Carolina, with a week’s worth of food. Ronald Revis, 39, and Rosemary Revis, 40, stand behind Rosemary’s sons from her first marriage, Brandon Demery, 16 (left), and Tyrone Demery, 14. Cooking methods: electric stove, toaster oven, microwave, outdoor BBQ. Food preservation: refrigerator-freezer. Favorite foods—Ronald and Brandon: spaghetti. Rosemary: “potatoes of any kind.” Tyrone: sesame chicken. /// The Revis family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 266). Food expenditure for one week: $341.98 USD. (Please refer to Hungry Planet book p. 267 for the family’s detailed food list.)