Ultimate Food Atlas

Ultimate Food Atlas — page 3
HOW TO USE THIS ATLAS There are 195 countries in the world Our food adventure starts in North America but you can begin your FARMING FOR FOOD journey on any continent you wish Before you get started follow Aunt Bertha’s tips to experience a variety of foodie destinations IMAGES Images give you a taste of the foods and overall food category of each spread GARDENS AND HERDS From DATES and GRAINS to TROPICAL FRUITS People were raising plants and animals for food in Africa more than 5,000 years ago The ancient Egyptians for example grew grains vegetables and fruits along the Nile River Modern African farmers generally raise a garden and a few animals To feed the continent’s growing population individual governments and international organizations are teaching people how to grow more food on their land plowing the land using oxen in Ethiopia 5 COOL FOODS APPETIZING ATTRACTIONS 1 GARDEN EGG Uganda DESERT FARM Look for rows of leafy green olive trees at the Wadi Food farm outside Cairo Egypt When planting olives in the hot dry Egyptian desert farmers sometimes plant palm trees too to shade the olive trees and cool the air FARM SANCTUARY At Sanctuary Farm at Lake Naivasha Kenya see impalas wildebeests zebras and giraffes grazing alongside dairy cows Farm owners milk their cows while also conserving their lands to protect wildlife SPICE UP YOUR DAY On the island of Zanzibar off Tanzania’s coast tour a spice farm to see vanilla orchids cinnamon coffee cayenne pepper clove and other fragrant plants and maybe take a taste RECORD BREAKER The African Rhino Horn banana plant can grow fruits up to two feet 61 cm long It’s become popular among gardeners as an ornamental plant and those supersize bananas are handy if you’re really hungry Called the garden egg because of its small size and egglike shape this crunchy fruit grows in gardens throughout Africa south of the Sahara It comes in a variety of colors white red lime green pink black and even striped Most garden eggs taste slightly bitter but they can be eaten raw or boiled steamed pickled or added to meat and vegetable stews The fruit is actually an eggplant though it looks more like a tomato 2 HUMPED CATTLE South Sudan What’s that cow with the hump on its back It’s a zebu Zebu cattle are well adapted to tropical countries They were originally from Asia and people brought them to Africa thousands of years ago You’ll recognize a zebu by the big fatty hump over its shoulders Many zebu cattle also have a long fold of skin called a dewlap under their neck Farmers in South Sudan raise zebus for their milk 92 FOOD ICON These icons identify the food category featured on each spread TITLE The book is a collection of double page spreads The headings and subheadings provide a summary and flavor for each spread INTRODUCTION A brief introduction offers an overview of foods ingredients and meals grown and served on the continent APPETIZING ATTRACTIONS Three interesting facts about foods grown or served at specific locations on the continent are listed and described here FUN FACTS Did You Know Record Breaker and Strange But True facts highlight weird wonderful and wacky facts about each food category 5 COOL FOODS These are five ingredients dishes meals or drinks that will give you a flavor of the foods you can experience on each continent Match the numbers on each picture or text block to the orange numbered circles on the map 4