''The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook'' is an
insect cookbook by David George Gordon.
Book summary
The book has recipes that are organized by bug and it says how to store the insects. Some of the insects are
crickets,
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshopp ...
s,
locusts
Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...
,
termites
Termites are small insects that live in colonies and have distinct castes (eusocial) and feed on wood or other dead plant matter. Termites comprise the infraorder Isoptera, or alternatively the epifamily Termitoidae, within the order Blattode ...
,
ants, and
bees
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...
. There is also a list of references, places to purchase insects, and organizations that put on insect events at which bugs are available to sample. The book says that
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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allows as many as 56 insect parts in every peanut butter and jelly sandwich, up to 60 aphids in 3 ounces of frozen broccoli, and two or three fruit-fly maggots per 200 grams of tomato juice.
Reception
A California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. review says, "I think this book is a good value and that more eating of insects should be encouraged. My own limited experiences eating larvae and scorpions have been pleasant enough." A
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review says, "Insects aside, Gordon's recipes are tasty and well-chosen--as are the many informative slices of arthropod lore. Bon appetit!"
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See also
* Entomophagy
*'' Man Eating Bugs''
References
External links
The American Biology Teacher ReviewCNN
1998 non-fiction books
American cookbooks
Insects as food
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