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"The West’s new interest in insect eating opens an opportunity to explore a long-neglected element of American history. Better yet, it’s a chance to offer those with a historic stake in American entomophagy the ability to influence the industry’s development, and perhaps to benefit from the revival of cultural practices once used to denigrate them. By instead failing to explore American insect-eating traditions, indigenous or otherwise, the current trend implicitly erases and marginalizes this history yet again."

Why Eating Insects Is an American Tradition Both Native Americans and colonists enjoyed fried cicadas, grasshopper flour, and insect fruitcakes.

20 different ways to munch!

20 Delicious Bug Recipes from Chefs Bug appetit! Here's how Rick Bayless and Curtis Stone like their insects

Can't express how chirpy we are about this!

Street Food No More: Bug Snacks Move To Store Shelves In Thailand Many Thais, and others around the world, eat insects. An entrepreneur is trying to grow the market in Thailand by bringing deep-fried insects off the street and into convenience and gourmet shops.

More than 30! "Most of the world has been comfortable with entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects, for millennia. But it is only in the past few years that it has gained momentum in Western countries, particularly with respect to crickets. More than 30 start-ups specializing in crickets have launched in North America since 2012."

The Rise Of The Incredible Edible Insect Start-ups are marketing an unlikely new protein. It’s nutrient-rich, all natural, and six-legged.

Couldn't have said is better than this title. You go The Bug Chef! :D

No More Lions and Mammoths: Real Explorers Eat Bugs Fried tarantulas, baked cockroaches and grasshopper kabobs are on the menu for the Explorers Club annual dinner this weekend.

"But there’s one problem: chapulines are expensive. They cost more than pork, or chicken, and sometimes as much as beef or shrimp. Far from being a distasteful last resort for people who don’t have the money for meat (think Snowpiercer), chapulines are an in-demand product more people wish they could afford. The problem isn’t that bugs are rare, obviously...But harvesting them is disorganized, often illicit, and just plain difficult."

We'll All Eat Grasshoppers—Once We Know How to Raise Them | WIRED The ick factor isn't the only thing keeping grasshoppers from being a viable food in North America. The real problem is learning to farm them.

Mangia Mangia!

Insetti da Mangiare Allevare insetti, cucinare insetti e molto altro dal mondo dell'entomofagia.

"By the end of the week, Irma had pulled the insects from its freezers.

“The goods are no longer for sale due to an unearthing of the authorities’ views on selling these types of products,” Irma spokesman Martin Hansen told radio station P4 København."

Danish supermarket sells insects – for two days - The Local An Irma location in Copenhagen was the first in the country to sell edible insects to customers but the grasshoppers and meal worms only remained on shelves for two days before being pulled.

Somehow we *just* came across this article from Edibl at Stockton College's Alexis Demitroff from last year. Love it!

Everyone Has a Story: Hungry? Try an insect, Stockton student says Prisoners once complained about being fed lobster, calling it cruel and inhumane punishment to eat "ocean insects," said Alexis Demitroff, of Buena Vista Township. As recently as 30 years ago, the general public was skeptical about eating sushi.

Excited for Lawrenceville Elementary School's Science and Discovery Night this Friday! Stay tuned for photos of "Pin the Cookie on the Cricket", "Guess How Many Mealworms", and "Trivia that will Bug You" with special EDIBL T-Shirt prizes. Of course, insects will be served with a variety of accouterments: crickets, mealworms, and waxworms with the option of raw honey, chocolate hazelnut spread, or peanut butter on top (or plain - you know...for all the cool kids).

"The event was the latest of Seoul’s efforts to foster the insect industry as it searches for new sources of livestock and ways to help cash-strapped farms find new profit makers.

In 2010, the government announced the legislation of a special law aimed at fostering the insect industry, valued at 168 billion won (US$151 million) in 2011 and forecast to reach 298 billion won next year."

S. Korea tests bugs as future food, but perception gnaws – The Korea Times SEOUL (Yonhap) — Grasshopper croquette served with mealworm coffee sherbet, beetle powder-crusted fried chicken, and sweet pumpkin porridge topped with dried cricket, pickled larva and assorted vegetables.

"...Thailand’s insect-eating community has actually grown and diversified beyond historical levels, thanks to a changing perception of insects as food."

Insect Farming Can Buy You a Toyota in Thailand While Thailand is one of several countries with a long history of eating insects, only in the past few years has the industry seen a dramatic uptick.

Much love to the Mother Nature Network and Robin Shreeves for giving crickets a chance! Awesome job by the Edibl at Stockton College Team!

Culinary crickets are just like shrimp Stockton College's EDIBL organization enticed festival goers over the weekend to eat insects. I rose to the challenge.