THE BUG BLOG
Articles and Videos about Edible Insects
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Bugs. It’s what’s for dinner
Let's face it. You haven't eaten a bug since you were in third grade and your best friend dared you to do it. As far as you're concerned, eating bugs is fine on "Fear Factor," but here in the real world, you'll get your nutrition from the familiar bottles, cans and...
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The Insectival brings exotic bugs to Conyers
CONYERS – Bug lovers and insect fanatics will have a chance to indulge their passion for arthropods at an annual event held in celebration of the tiny, yet powerful creatures. For the ninth year running, the Rockdale County Insectival will feature bugs that are native...
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World of Wonders Science Museum’s Jen Young provides insight into insect world
Jen Young’s dream was to be an elementary school teacher. He took a part time job at the World of Wonders Science Museum to work with birthday parties. When the teaching position of educational program coordinator opened up, he went for it. “I fell in love with the...
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You should be eating bugs. Here’s why
he first time Tim Herbute ate a bug, it wasn't the most voluntary experience. He remembers being younger, on a camping trip, when a friend instigated him to eat a cricket. He did - he says he's always been open minded. These days, the 21-year-old Vineland resident...
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Great Outdoors: Who Eats Bugs? We all do
Philip Miller’s fifth and sixth grade class from St. Paul’s Lutheran School thought they were going on a snowshoeing field trip. Turns out there wasn’t enough snow at the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Outdoor Campus West in Rapid City on Wednesday, so the class took...
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Let them eat bugs…
Insects are closer to your table than you think. Well, hardly anyone. But today, there’s plenty of us that are popping nigiri 3+ times a week. What was it that coaxed a hesitant public to consider going raw? Some say it was Ichiro Mashita’s California Roll that made...
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High in Protein, With a Nice Crunch
The Explorers Club on East 70th Street is known for its affiliation with the first moon landing and the first summit of Mount Everest. But, more recently, the club launched an expedition of a different nature. At “Crickets and Cocktails,” an event co-hosted by...
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Lovely grub: are insects the future of food?
Emily Anthes braves locusts, beetles, mealworms and more as she asks whether eating insects is the answer to feeding ever more humans and livestock. At first my meal seems familiar, like countless other dishes I’ve eaten at Asian restaurants. A swirl of noodles...
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‘Entomophagy’ not just a buggy idea among survivalists
An Australian man made national news recently and was dubbed “Ant Man” after surviving for almost a week in the unforgiving outback by eating ants—something he had seen survival expert Bear Grylls do on television. While such a tale is unusual, entomophagy or the...
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Eating Insects Is Chic
Meet the chef at Britain’s first full-time bug restaurant It’s Saturday night. Up for taking your date out for a huge meal of worms, crickets, and spiders? No? What if the menu looks less foreign than you expect, offering bug burgers with gourmet dips or cricket...
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Eating insects: Vegans and vegetarians weigh in
Insects are lower impact and could replace meat in the American diet, but what do the veggies think? Last week I wrote about how I ate crickets for the first time during a recent trip to Mexico City, calling insects the "next protein source." Of course people in many...
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Insects: The new protein source?
Bugs could replace meat, but would you eat them? When I was in Mexico City a few months ago, I ordered some guacamole with a twist; sprinkled on top of the avocado-rich treat were some roasted, salted chapulines (that's Spanish for crickets). Though I've been a...
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