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A Glimpse Into a Gourmet Bug Tasting
It's one thing to say you'll try any sort of food, but another entirely to truly follow through on your promise. That's why, right before an eight-course gourmet bug tasting this week, I started bugging out over it. If I screamed when I saw insects in my apartment, how was I going to bring myself to eat them?
How-To: Get Rid of Fabric-Eating Moths
If you've opened your closet and realized that your favorite cashmere sweater has holes all over it, you've probably got a moth problem. It's unlikely that the moths are attracted to just that one cardi, so there are a few steps you should take to ensure your whole wardrobe doesn't suffer the same fate. That is, unless we're talking about all those reindeer Christmas sweaters from grandma.
Garden Therapy: Shake and Bake Bugs
Diatomaceous earth (aka, DE) is a naturally occurring, soft, chalklike sedimentary rock that is made from tiny, fossilized water plants and can be easily crumbled into a powder. In its powder form, DE dehydrates an insect's exoskeleton, killing them, so it makes a great nontoxic pesticide. You can disperse DE around your garden to protect your plants.
Guess What's on This Plant?
Uh-oh. This is something no gardener likes to see. One of my Russian kale plants has been infested with a nasty critter.
Are You Willing to Accept the Occasional Bug in Produce?
Yesterday I read an interesting article on Gourmet's website that discusses an increase in spiders found in packages of grapes. As more and more farmers stop using pesticides and start growing organic, insects like spiders act as a natural pest control. The problem comes when the consumer discovers a bug in their home kitchen.
Would You Eat This Insect Sushi?
Earlier today we tested your knowledge of sushi sustainability. Here's another sushi-related question for you.
I've asked several times whether you'd be open to the idea of eating insects, and quite a few of you have responded with a resounding yes.
Would You Eat This Chapulines Taco?
On a recent dining adventure, Joe at Serious Eats passed up the carnitas tacos in favor of a taco filled with chapulines, a variety of grasshopper that is a prized delicacy in Oaxacan Mexican cuisine. As long as I didn't think about where it came from, the sensual description of the chapulines as "crunchy, nutty, and slightly salty" had me craving one! Are you grossed out by the thought of eating an insect with a crunchy exoskeleton, or does this delicacy appeal to you, too?
Would You Eat These Chocolate Covered Insects?
While browsing online, I came across these chocolate-covered insects. Although insects are a category of food that Americans aren't accustomed to eating, they have long been a prized delicacy in places like Thailand, Australia, and China. The purveyors of this delicious product, which includes both crickets and larvae, describe it as tasting "like chocolate-covered popcorn."
Freaky or Fabulous? Jewelry Bugs Out
I've heard of some crazy things in fashion but never jewelry made out of dead bugs. Apparently, two 17 year olds, Katheryn Maloney and Brady Cullinan, of Sandwich (ha), MA, are selling jewelry made out of cicadas (a type of insect with large eyes) that are swarming Cape Cod this Summer. For $10 and a trip to the local farmers' market in Sandwich, you can have your very own earring or necklace made out of lacquered-insect corpses.
Yummy Links: From Anthony Bourdain to Bruce Willis
- Adam Roberts chats with a tipsy Bourdain in the video above. If that whets your palate then check out the extended Bourdain interview. — The FN Dish
- Have we gone too far with pre-packaged foods?
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