Man eating bugs
by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio · first published 1998
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Explores the consumption of spiders, crickets, grubs, scorpions, and dragonflies in thirteen different countries, including Australia, Japan, China, Venezuela, and the United States.
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…traditional societies around the world, termites, grubs, grasshoppers, and other creepy crawly things play an important nutritional role. Years ago, my wife and I read a beautifully illustrated travelogue "Man Eating Bugs" written by a husband-and-wife team who traveled the world to see (and sample) insect cuisine in many cultures. Fascinating stuff. It's a generally well supported view among paleontologists that primitive…
on “What to Eat After the Apocalypse” ↗My wife and I read a book a few years ago: "Man Eating Bugs", a travelogue of insect cuisine in many different lands. It was quite fascinating. Children in Mexico would pick up a stink bug and eat it raw, a sour-crunchy snack. In Southeast Asia there's a large…
on “Cockroach farms multiplying in China” ↗For the curious, a coffee-table book, a cookbook, and a memoir: http://www.amazon.com/Man-Eating-Bugs-Science-Insects/dp/098... http://www.amazon.com/The-Eat-Bug-Cookbook-Revised/dp/160774... http://www.amazon.com/Edible-Adventure-Eating-Insects-Planet...
on “Ask HN: Would you eat insects?” ↗