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I'm just about to leave town for a few days, so my refrigerator is looking pretty sparse. There's milk (that I ought to finish up before I go), a half a dozen eggs (from the farmers' market), the usual array of condiments and sauces that fortunately take a while to go bad, a can of Pilsner-Urquell beer, two bottles of champagne, a few avocados, parmesan cheese and a tupperware full of vegetable soup I made last night and will bring to the office for lunch this week.

If Mark Menjivar were at my place, what would he think? Menjivar photographs the interiors of people's refrigerators, laying the grounds for the viewer to interpret who the person is based on what--and how--they eat. NPR's Picture Show blog reports on the project with a slideshow of 10 refrigerators ranging from that of a former amusement park owner in Texas to the freezer full of buck meat belonging to a carpenter/photographer. The author, Claire O'Neill writes: "So would this foodie's Freudian analysis make me wilted curacao stew?"

Short Order Cook | Marathon, TX | 2-Person Household | She can bench press over 300 lbs.

Fortunately, as Mark photographs, he doesn't appear to be judging and is most interested in capturing the vast array of expressions that what you eat, or simply store for too long, is a reflection of something deeper. Is this just a Rorschach test made out of milk cartons and kale? Maybe, but we're still interested in reading into it.

We also have two prints from this series available on 20x200: Bar Tender | San Antonio, TX | 1-Person Household | Goes to sleep at 8AM and wakes up at 4PM daily. and Midwife/Middle School Science Teacher | San Antonio, TX | 3-Person Household (including dog) | First week after deciding to eat locally grown vegetables. and you can see more from this series on Mark's website.