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Chef Joseph Yoon began cooking cicadas after experimenting with insects for an art project. He shared his experience with Morning Edition. The cicadas are coming! And so are some new flavor profiles.
Two billion people worldwide already eat 1,900 insect species—and the United Nations hopes that, one day, Americans will, too. Though many struggle with wrapping their minds and mouths around ...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — A Brooklyn chef is sharing his love for edible insects with the Quad Cities. Chef Joseph Yoon, Edible Insect Ambassador from Brooklyn Bugs gave several talks at Augustana College ...
On the entomophagy subreddit, users posted recipes and questions about DIY-bug-farming dilemmas. On the podcast Ento Nation, an insect farmer known only as the Cricket Man interviewed bug chefs ...
Growing up in San Mateo Ozolco, a small community in Puebla, Mexico, Dionicio Jiménez would walk to the regional markets with his grandmother to trade fruits grown in his hometown for goods from other ...
Insects can be a nutritious source of protein, vitamins and minerals - and cause a fraction of the greenhouse gasses generated by livestock. Could the Swedish app take them mainstream?
In order to get some culinary creepy crawly insights for Wired.co.uk's Bug Week, we spoke to Daniella Martin, practitioner of entomophagy and host of the Girl Meets Bug edible insect blog ...
MEDFORD — If anyone’s ever told you to go eat worms, it probably wasn’t from the kindness of their heart. Joseph Yoon is lovingly, sincerely begging you to eat some bugs. As executive director of ...
There is an increasing range of insect-based products, such as whole/flour, snacks, health bars, pasta, pasta sauce and burgers. Edible insects are promoted as a sustainable food alternative. It is ...
Modify your favorite recipes and add a special six-legged ingredient to try your hand at the edible insect trade. Many chefs sell their items through the Internet, kiosks or even food trucks.