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  • Seller Prossy Kasule in stall no. 68 of the Nakasero Market offers roasted and salted grasshoppers for sale, Kampala, Uganda. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), pays for some flour he bought from a vendor in the weekly market in Simiatug (his wife, Ermalinda is by his side on the right, also with red poncho. His youngest son is on his wife's back and Alvarito, 4 is in the blue sweater eating an orange.) He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. ((Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), bargains with a vendor of flour and beans before he buys some. He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family.(Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Covered bazaar in Isfahan, Iran.
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  • A proud Cairo fruit stand owner shows off his produce. Cairo, Egypt.
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  • A market-place vendor displays banana leaves covered with maeng man for sale, the bugs are female giant winged red ants and are eaten stir-fried, Chiang Mai, Thailand. (Man Eating Bugs page 41)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), buys a big sack of rice from a  vendor in a truck. He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. His wife Ermalinda and youngest son watch. He bought "broken" rice because it is cheaper than the whole grain rice. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho, center), sizes up a vendor of oranges before he buys some. He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family.  (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)(MODEL RELEASED IMAGE).
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, sells two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of  Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. (He is not visible in this photo of the crowd.) (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, sells two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of  Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. (He is not visible in this photo of the crowd.) (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • The weekly market in Simiatug Ecuador spreads through the streets of the small mountain town. Orlando Ayme sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family.(Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)(MODEL RELEASED IMAGE).
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  • David Griffin shops at the outdoor market at Otavalo, Ecuador.
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  • David Griffin shops at the outdoor market at Otavalo, Ecuador.
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  • Pink plastic bags of bread on a busy street in Cairo, Egypt.
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  • In the Abastos market, piles of chapulines, or grasshoppers, for sale among the other fresh produce of the market. Oaxaca, Mexico. (Man Eating Bugs page 112 Bottom)
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  • Alvarito Ayme, 4, casts a beseeching look at his mother, Ermalinda, who is buying grain and flour from the local indigenous coop in Simiatug, Ecuador in the hope that she will buy him a sweet from the display counter. His father, Orlando, sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family. Supporting Image from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Orlando Ayme shows off one of his sheep which has 4 horns, which he thinks is hilarious. Orlando and his sons and a neighbor are returning from cultivating their potato field. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)(MODEL RELEASED IMAGE)
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  • Orlando Ayme, 35, (wearing a red poncho), buys some oranges and other fruit from a vendor in the weekly market in Simiatug (his wife, Ermalinda is by his side, also with red poncho). He sold two of his sheep at this weekly market in the indigenous community of Simiatug for $35 US in order to buy potatoes, grain and vegetables for his family.  (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)(MODEL RELEASED IMAGE)
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  • Prossy Kasule in stall no. 68 of the Nakasero Market offer roasted and salted grasshoppers for sale, Kampala, Uganda. (Man Eating Bugs page 148 Bottom)
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  • A betel nut vendor takes a drink of water between customers in Varanasi, India. Betel nut is a mildly narcotic seed eaten with lime paste and a green leaf. Over time it decays the teeth and dyes the mouth of the user red. Although its not considered a food, it is a plant item chewed by many all over Asia, and kept in the mouth like chewing tobacco. (From a photographic gallery of street images, in Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, p. 131).
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  • A vendor naps in his stall at the old Qing Ping Market in Guangzhou, China. He sells dried snakes, scorpions, beetles, centipedes, shark fins, and caterpillar fungus..Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Venders selling cremation supplies line the many narrow alleys leading to Manikarnika Ghat and Jalasi Ghat. People pass through at all times of the day and night and the cremation site never closes. Colorful shrouds in auspicious colors are sold by the piece. The color red denotes prosperity and hope. Yellow is the color of innocence. The largely polyester fabric doesn't burn very well so is often set aside and burned separately so that it doesn't impede the process of burning the body. The workers hoeing the ashes picks up remnants and wind them around their heads as decoration.
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  • Fruit display outside a neighborhood grocery store, Paris, France.
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  • Putting boiling water on cooked beets at a market near the Bazaar near Imam Square, in Isfahan, Iran.
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  • Mopane worm sellers in a South African market in Thohoyandou claim the lack of rain to be attributable for the smaller than normal supply of the insects. Mpumalanga, South Africa. "Mopane" refers to the mopane tree, which the caterpillar eats. Dried mopane worms have three times the protein content of beef and can be stored for many months. (Man Eating Bugs page 127) .
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  • Peanut and grain sellers in Kouakourou Village, Mali, on Market day.
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  • During an afternoon downpour, sellers help shoppers select crabs, shrimp, squid, and mackerel at a market in Daxi harbor, Taiwan. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Camels from Somalia stiffly walk down the ramp from a truck at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market, forcing them to hop around on just three legs. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance.
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  • Qat sellers make transactions and count money from their day's sales at a qat market near Rock Palace, near Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • Conflict erupts after buyers and sellers fail to agree on prices at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A broker drives a camel at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance.
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  • Brokers negotiate at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah (center, pointing) works.  (Saleh Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance..
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  • Preparing for All Saints Day. Powazek Cemetery. Warsaw, Poland. Flower, wreath sellers.
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  • Camels hop around on just three legs at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance.
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  • Qat sellers wait for customers after dark on a street in Sanaa, Yemen. Qat chewing is a popular pastime in Yemen.
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  • Conflict erupts after buyers and sellers fail to agree on prices at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah drives a camel at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (Saleh Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify. Both brokers and camels have a reputation for being surly, and the brokers don't hesitate to flail the camels with their long sticks to maintain their dominance. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A bird's-eye view of Phnom Penh's Wholesale Market showing how busy traffic moving through the streets can scarcely be differentiated from the buyers and sellers. Vats of deep-frying crickets as well as small frogs and whole small birds are found in this early morning market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects)
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  • A sea of camels at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt, where camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah works. (Abdul Fadlallah is featured in the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)   Domesticated since 2000 BC, camels are used less as beasts of burden now, and more for their meat. Because they can run up to 40 miles per hour for short bursts, dealers hobble one leg when they are unloaded at the Birqash market. They are marked with painted symbols to make them easier for buyers and sellers to identify.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio, one of the authors of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, interviews a tea seller with the help of a local translator at dawn at the Sadarghat docks on the Buriranga River dock in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Traditional knife seller Bashir Sabana pours himself a glass of tea while smoking a cigarette at his home in Sanaa, Yemen.   (Bashir Sabana is one of the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • A traditional dagger seller sews a belt used for fastening the jambiya around the waist at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • Li Shuiqi, a 26 year-old scorpion seller, and his roommate, You Zhiming, 25, eat scorpion soup. The pair of salesmen keep more than 10,000 scorpions in their apartment to raise and sell (for food and medicine) in the Qing Ping Market, Guangzhou, China. They are woody tasting. (Man Eating Bugs page 92)
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  • Tarantula seller Sok Khun takes a dainty bite of one of the deep-fried tarantulas that she sells at a roadside market, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia.(Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects page 48. See also cover of book) .
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  • By 6:00 a.m., the fruit seller across the cobbled street from the Manzos' third-floor walk-up has already arranged half of his display. Living in the heart of Palermo Sicily's ancient Capo Market, the family is constantly enveloped in the cry and clamor of commerce; and, recently, the clatter of restoration work (scaffolding at the end of street around market gates). To Giuseppe, who grew up in this same Italian neighborhood, the hubbub is the sound of home. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Turkish vendors move about Istanbul from one area of the city to another to sell their wares at the street markets that are held on different days. Some wares are more popular than others, as evidenced by this seller of cheap kitchen gadgets. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats).
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  • Spice seller at the Ujjain municipal market. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) Grocery stores, supermarkets, and hyper and megamarkets all have their roots in village market areas where farmers and vendors would converge once or twice a week to sell their produce and goods. In farming communities, just about everyone had something to trade or sell. Small markets are still the lifeblood of communities in the developing world.
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  • Sanaa, Yemen. Old City. Ahmed Swaid, qat seller, with one day's food. For Nutrtion 101 project. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Faith D'Aluisio, one of the authors of the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets, interviews a tea seller with the help of a local translator at dawn at the Sadarghat docks on the Buriranga River dock in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Flower seller, early morning, in the Old Town Square, Wroclaw, Poland.
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  • Bashir Sabana, a traditional dagger seller, sits at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen. (Bashir Sabana is among the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) MODEL RELEASED.
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  • A traditional dagger seller brandishes one of the jambiyas (daggers) in his broad inventory at his market stall in the souk of Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • A dry goods seller chews qat while wearing a traditional dagger at his market stall in Sanaa, Yemen.
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  • A bowl of scorpion soup in Guangzhou, China made by Li Shuiqi, a 26 year-old scorpion seller, and his roommate, You Zhiming, 25. The pair of salesmen was raising more than 10,000 scorpions in their apartment to sell in markets in Guangzhou, China. Scorpions in China are useful as both food and traditional Chinese medicine. Image from the book project Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects.
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  • Cambodian men purchasing deep-fried tarantulas from tarantula seller Sok Khun in a roadside restaurant, not only for their taste, but also for their alleged benefits to a man's virility, Kâmpóng Cham Province, Cambodia. (Man Eating Bugs page 49) .
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  • Flower seller, early morning, in the Old Town Square, Wroclaw, Poland.
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  • Camel broker Saleh Abdul Fadlallah grabs the wrist of a camel seller, using his brokering skills to end an argument and finalize a sale at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo, Egypt. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • Traditional knife seller Bashir Sabana enjoys a noon day meal with family members at his home in Sanaa, Yemen. (Bashir Sabana is one of the people interviewed for the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.)
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  • By 6:00 a.m., the fruit seller across the cobbled street from the Manzos' third-floor walk-up has already arranged half of his display. Living in the heart of Palermo, Sicily's ancient Capo Market, the family is constantly enveloped in the cry and clamor of commerce; and, recently, the clatter of restoration work (scaffolding at the end of street around market gates). To Giuseppe, who grew up in this same Italian neighborhood, the hubbub is the sound of home. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 177).
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