Insects

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Bay Area Bug Eating Society (BABES) - - San Francisco Entomophagists. Recipes, nutrition information, FAQs, and pictures.

Bert Christensen's Weird & Different Recipes: Locust Bisque - - Cream soup recipe.

Bug-Eating - - Various articles and links to using insects as food.

Bugfood! - - Offers a variety of recipes and links to satisfy anyone's bug-filled food craving.

Cafe Insecta - - Offers cooking classes and demonstrations. Includes photographs from several events and three sophisticated recipes featuring crickets.

Crawling Cuisine - - Magazine article and annotated links on history and current practice.

Descending the Food Chain - - An article in New Times, Broward-Palm Beach, Florida.

Dr. Frog's Recipe Page - - Includes a 1687 description of a dish of Parcht Locusts, and directions for marinating bee grubs in coconut cream.

The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook - - David G. Gordon shows 33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin. Buy, look through reviews, or read about the author.

Entomophagy - Information and Links - - KeyWorlds.com's collection of entomophagy sites and links.

Food Insects Newsletter - - How-to articles about harvesting and preparing insects.

Fried Green Tomato Hornworms - - Sample recipe from a cookbook by David George Gordon.

Grow-a-Brain: Entomophagy (Insect Eating) Archives - - Blog with links and photographs covering all aspects of eating insects, from recipes to newspaper articles to personal experiences.

Insect Snacks from Around the World - - From the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology.

Insects as Food - - Information on the current importance and the future potential of insects as a global food resource.

Insects as Human Food - - Hosted by Ohio State University. Entomologists, farmers and chefs who are promoting edible insects, a foodstuff better known in academic circles as "Microlivestock." Article, recipes, and nutritional information.

Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes - - Offers links to insect suppliers and a few of the tastiest recipes such as banana worm bread and chocolate chirpie chip cookies. Also provides nutrition information for some common insects.

NatureNode: Insect Recipes - - A few recipes including cricket patties, garlic mealworms, and tips for making insect flour.

Plutos Recipes - - Small collection includes Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies and Stir Fried Cricket Curry.

Stalking the Wild: Eating Bugs - - Discusses cooking methods for insects in various cuisines.

Survival.com - Eating Bugs - - Article from Hoods Woods Survival Training Center.

Weird Foods: Bugs - - Includes a list of insects and other arthropods eaten in various cuisines, and a few recipes including Banana Worm Bread and Cricket Chip Cookies.

Weird Recipe List - - Recipes for odd dishes some including insects.

Woodlouse Recipes - - Part of a page developed as a resource for Y13 Biology students. Recipes with pictures of each completed dish.

Jewish.com: The Swarming Dinner - - A swarm of desert locusts in Israel re-ignites interest in this traditional delicacy. With quotes from historical and religious sources, including a list of the 4 physical requirements for a locust species to be considered Kosher. (December 8, 2005)

CNN: University Lures Kids with Chocolate-Covered Crickets - - Review of Penn State University's 10th annual Great Insect Fair. (October 6, 2002)

MSU News: If You Like Crawdad Jambalaya, Why Not Cricket Jambalaya? - - Review of the Montana State University Enytomology Department's annual "Hopper Fry" event. (January 8, 2000)

Outside Magazine: It's Hard to Eat Just One - - Author Ian Frazier waxes poetic about the joys of eating mayflies. (April, 1997)