While the idea of eating worms and insects may make you feel uneasy, research shows a vast array of benefits when integrating these critters into your meals and snacks. In 2013, the United Nations ...

September is a magical month for anyone who loves foraging. The air is cooler, the days are shorter, and your backyard or ...

If chewing on a fried tarantula leg or biting into a crispy grasshopper makes you cringe, you could be missing out. More than a quarter of the global population regularly munches on edible insects.

As many are making New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, would you try adding bugs to your diet? In many cultures, eating insects is a part of their diet. In Asia, bugs are invading street food ...

On a clear August morning in southeastern Pennsylvania, more than a dozen adults and children stood in a park pavilion, listening to mealworms sizzling in a hot pan. They were learning about ...

Though insect-eating practices may not be super common in the U.S., we’re in the minority. Most cultures in the world consume insects or other bugs in some form or another, and they can serve as ...

When tongchart nusu, a food distributor in Phitsanulok, Thailand, yanks open the heavy steel door of his cold-storage locker, you get the expected burst of snowy frost-along with a moist, overpowering ...

It’s a bug’s world, and we’re just living in — and now eating — it. Credit (or blame) environmentalists. Or the push for healthier diets. Or the Internet. Regardless, cooking with insects — especially ...

Growing up in Mexico City, it was common for Jose Avila to snack on the edible bugs at the markets around town with his grandma and mom after school. So, the James Beard-nominated chef didn’t think it ...