(from Greek ἔντομος éntomos, "insect(ed)",
and φᾰγεῖν phăgein, "to eat", which together means "insect eating")
is the practice of eating insects as food

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see also

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  video Eating Insects

Wikipedia:
Entomophagy
Ethnoentomology
Insectivore
Taboo food and drink
Chapulines -- Mexico
Atta laevigata [leafcutter ants]

the News . . .

• Maguey Worm: This protein-rich legacy of the Aztecs makes for a savory taco filling -- Atlas Obscura (n.d.)
  
  
• Insects and us: a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion ants and what they mean for the planet -- The Guardian (28 December 2022)
  
  
• UK urges hunger-stricken African nations to farm insects -- The Guardian (02 September 2022)
  
  
• Insects could give meaty taste to food – and help environment – scientists find -- The Guardian (24 August 2022)
  
  
• Could grasshoppers really replace beef? -- BBCfuture (20 July 2022)
  
  
• Bee gold: Why honey is an insect superfood -- BBCfuture (24 November 2021)
  
  
• Edible Insects in focus part IV. Hargol FoodTech: Grasshoppers, gummies, and patience… -- FoodNavigator USA (08 November 2021)
  
  
• David Chang Discusses Edible Bugs, Robot-Made Pizza, and the Future of Food -- The New Yorker (30 October 2021)
  
  
• Edible Insects -- PBS Nova (53:28 min., 20 October 2021)
  
• Edible Insects -- UMD Alexander Street Link [if you are off-campus you might need to turn on you Virtual Private Network (VPN) (UMD)]
  
  
• "From crunchy crickets to nutty fly grubs, NOVA takes a tasty look at insect foods and how they could benefit our health and our warming planet. From Thailand to Texas, insect farmers are showing how the tiny critters stack up as an environmentally friendly alternative to beef protein and can, pound for pound, deliver better nutritional value than the finest steak. But will Americans overcome the “ick” factor and share the appetite of many cultures around the world for insect feasts?" (Premiered October 20, 2021)
  
  

• The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you [locusts] -- BBCNews (23 September 2021)
  
  
• The South African farm turning flies into food for pets - and maybe people -- BBCNews (07 September 2021)
  
  
• The insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’ -- The Guardian (25 July 2021)
  
  
• If we want to save the planet, the future of food is insects -- The Guardian (08 May 2021)
  
  
• A neglected protein-rich 'superfood' -- BBCfuture (20 April 2021)
  
  
• The foods that reverse climate change -- BBCfuture (28 January 2021)
  
  
• ValuSect project supports market development of insect-based foods: ‘A sustainable solution to feed the world’ -- FoodNavigator (13 May 2020)
  
  
• Edible insects set to be approved by EU in 'breakthrough moment' -- The Guardian (03 April 2020)
  
  
• Fates of humans and insects intertwined, warn scientists -- The Guardian (20 February 2020)
  
  
• Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms -- BBCNews (02 February 2020)
  
  
• Urgent new ‘roadmap to recovery’ could reverse insect apocalypse -- The Guardian (06 January 2020)
  
  
• Are Insect Guts the Secret to the Most Delicious Kimchi? -- Gastropod (03 December 2019)
  
  
• ‘Insect apocalypse’ poses risk to all life on Earth, conservationists warn -- The Guardian (13 November 2019)
  
  
• 'Alarming' loss of insects and spiders recorded - BBCscienceandenvironment (30 October 2019)
  
  
• Could cricket and worm burgers help save the planet?-- BBCNews (14 October 2019)
  
  
• How to Develop an Appetite for Insects -- The New York Times (26 September 2019)
  
  
• You Might Not Want to Eat Bugs. But Would You Eat Meat That Ate Bugs? -- The New York Times (21 September 2019)
  
  
• Mexico’s ancient ‘caviar’ -- BBCtravel (11 September 2019)
  
  
• Insect-based food 'better for pets than top steak' -- BBCNews (27 August 2019)
  
  
• Insects tipped to rival sushi as fashionable food of the future -- The Guardian (25 June 2019)
  
  
• These Animal Migrations Are Huge — and Invisible -- The New York Times (13 June 2019)
  
  
• Widespread losses of pollinating insects revealed across Britain -- The Guardian (26 March 2019)
  
  
• Somalis fight locust invasion by eating them -- BBCNews (20 December 2018)
  
  
• Edible insects can create new jobs, stakeholders tell Jeff Flake: ‘We’re farmers. Please treat us as such’ -- FOODnavigator -usa (19 December 2019)
  
  
• Are Insect Guts the Secret to the Most Delicious Kimchi? -- Gastropod (03 December 2019)
  
  
• My ethics epiphany: Former beef-specialist chef launches cricket protein brand to combat damaging meat industry -- FOODnavigator (17 October 2018)
  
  
• Insects lack 'culinary identity' to pierce Western markets - but sushi's success could hold lessons -- FOODnavigator-usa (18 October 2019)
  
  
• Insects decline: What do insects actually do? -- BBC News (22 February 2019)
  
  
• Politicians are complicit in the killing of our insects – we will be next -- The Guardian (12 February 2019)
  
  
• Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' -- The Guardian (12 February 2019)
  
  
• Insect collapse: ‘We are destroying our life support systems’ -- The Guardian (15 January 2019)
  
  
• US plan to genetically alter crops via insects feared to be biological war plan -- The Guardian (04 Octoer 2018)
  
  
• American exports up the ant-e for Australian insect cheese -- DAIRYreported (19 September 2018)
  
  
• Why you may have been eating insects your whole life -- BBCNews (28 April 2018)
  
  
• Bug appetite: German supermarket sells burgers made from worms -- The Guardian (21 April 2018)
  
  
• A 'Floating Fillet': Rice Farmers Grow Bugs To Replenish California's Salmon -- MPRNews (07 March 2018)
  
  
• Edible insects: Do insects actually taste any good? -- BBCNews (18 January 2018)
  
  
• Insectageddon: farming is more catastrophic than climate breakdown -- The Guardian (20 October 2017)
  
  
• Alarm over decline in flying insects -- BBCNews (19 October 2017)
  
  
• How eating giant hornets and cheese with larvae could solve the global food crisis -- The Independent (24 May 2017)
  
  
• Ted 2017: The woman who wants China to eat insects -- BBCNews (26 April 2017)
  
  
• Teaching Danes how to eat insects: meet the young women behind Dare to Eat -- Medium (07 March 2017)
  
  
• Should we eat bugs like Angelina Jolie? -- BBC News (21 February 2017)
  
  
• How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains -- BBCearth (27 January 2017)
  
  
• Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up -- The Conversation (10 January 2017)
  
  
• Weird foods only a local could love [Huitlacoche] -- BBCtravel (05 July 2016)
  
  
• Stink bugs [Encosternumdelegorguei] offer healthy benefits as food source, study finds -- SciDev.Net (25 January 2016)
  
  
• Could tech lift the lid on bee behaviour? -- BBCNews (06 April 2015)
  
  
• The 30-day worm and cricket diet -- BBCNews (28 February 2015)
  
  
• Food made from crushed crickets: Good for you -- MPR News (15 August 2014)
  
  
• Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains: Quest for elusive bugs spurred primate tool use, problem-solving skills -- Science Daily (01 July 2014)
  
  
• If You’re Going to Follow a Paleo Diet, You Ought to Be Eating Bugs -- Washington Post (14 April 2014)
  
  
• Could insects feed the hungry world of tomorrow? -- BBC (10 July 2014)
  
  
• Sustainable energy bars made from crickets -- Sophie Brickman, New York Times (26 January 2014) reprinted from the StarTribune (26 January 2014)
  
  
• Insect eating creeps on to Paris menus -- BBCNews (19 November 2013)
  
  
• 7 Insects You'll Be Eating in the Future -- Scientific American (02 October 2013)
  
  
• Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu -- The Guardian (23 July 2013)
  
  
• Learn About Some of Mexico's Edible Insects -- The Spruce Eats (23 July 2013)
  
  
• Eating Insects: Disgust Is Just the First Hurdle -- New Scientist (11 July 2013)
  
  
• Eating Insects Will Help Feed Hungry World, UN Says -- LiveScience (27 June 2013)
  
  
• Cooking With Cicadas: No Weirder Than Eating Cheese? -- NPR (29 May 2013)
  
  
• U.N. Urges Eating Insects; 8 Popular Bugs to Try -- National Geographic News (14 May 2013)
  
  
• Maybe It's Time To Swap Burgers For Bugs, Says U.N. -- NPR (14 May 2013)
  
  
• To save the planet, chow down on a caterpillar -- New Scientist (14 May 2013)
  
  
• Can I Eat That? -- NOVA scienceNOW (31 October 2012)
  
  
• There Are No Winners in Competitive Eating Contents -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (18 October 2012)
  
  
• Man dies after cockroach-eating competition -- BBCNews (8 October 2012)
  
  
• Florida man dies after winning roach-eating contest -- CNN U.S. (9 October 2012)
  
  
• Edible Insects: Getting to the Good Stuff -- Discovery News (22 November 2011)

• 10 Things Snack Food Companies Won't Say -- SmartMoney (15 November 2010)
  
  
• Assessing the Potential of Insects as Food and Feed in assuring Food Security: Summary Report -- FAO, Technical Consultation Meeting, Rome, Italy, 23-25 January 2012.
  
  
• B.A.B.E.S. -- Bay Area Bug Eating Society
  
  

"An Ohio University fact sheet estimates that we eat from one to two pounds of insects each year, and without knowing it."



• Brace yourself: There's filth in the food you eat -- Charles Stuart Platkin,  News-Leader.com, (15 February 2005)
  
  
• video: Bugs for Breakfast: Food & Culture (19 min., 2001, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GT2850 .B84 2001 DVD)
  
  
• Bugs you can eat -- NOVA
  
  
• Colombia's big-butt ants entice gourmets -- Joshua Goodman, Associated Press, USAToday (14 August 2006)
  
  
• Critters on the Menu
  
  
• Crunchy, Big-Butt Ants Entice Gourmands -- Joshua Goodman, Associated Press, Discovery Channel (14 August 2006)
  
  
• DeFoliart, Gene R. (2002-09-29). "The Human Use of Insects as a Food Resource: A Bibliographic Account in Progress". University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  
  
• Eating insects: Sudden popularity -- Bankok Post (31 May 2013)
  
  
• Edible Insects East Africa -- Shigemi Yagi
  
  
• ENTOMOPHAGY WEBSITE LINKS -- Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
  
  
• Five Reasons to Eat Insects -- Anna Rothschild, NOVA scienceNOW (13 June 2012)
  
  
• The Food Defect Action Levels -- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U. S. Food and Drug Administration
  
  
• The Food Insects Newsletter
  
  
• For Most People, Eating Bugs Is Only Natural -- Sharon Guynup and Nicolas Ruggia (15 July 2004)
  
  
• "Gonna Eat That?," The Meaning of Food, PBS
  
  
• Gordon, David. Eat-a-bug Cookbook: 33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin. Ten Speed Press, 1998.
  
  
• Greenfield, Amy Butler. A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire. NY: HarperCollins, 2005.
  
  
• How Many Insect Parts and Rodent Hairs are Allowed in Your Food?
  More Than You Think ... and Maybe Than You Want to Know! -- ww.SixWise.com, (29 June 2005)
  
  
• In northern Colombia, a hunt for gourmet big-butt ants -- John Otis, GlobalPost (11 May 2011)
  
  
• Insects -- BBCNews
  
  
• Insects as a Delicacy and a Nutritious Food in Thailand -- Sirithon Siriamornpun, and Pornpisanu Thammapat, Chapter 16
  from Using Food Science and Technology to Improve Nutrition and Promote National Development, Robertson, G.L. &
  Lupien, J.R. (Eds)
  
  
• "Insects as Human Food" -- William F. Lyon, Ohio State University
  
  
• Insects could be the key to meeting food needs of growing global population -- Damian Carrington, The Guardian (31 July 2010)
  
  
• In the Hunt for the Big-Butt Ant Delicacy-- PRI's The World (16 May 2011)
  
  
• Eating Big-Ass Ants -- Little Colombia Observationist (19 April 2011)
  
  
• Man Bites Insects -- SAM NEJAME, The New York Times (February 10, 2008)
  
  
• Menzel, Peter. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects. Material World, 2004.
  
  
• Obopile, Motshwari, and Tapiwa G. Seeletso. "Eat or not eat: an analysis of the status of entomophagy in Botswana." Food security 5, no. 6 (2013): 817-824.
  
  
• On the Menu: Taking a Bite Out of Invasive Species -- LiveScience (25 March 2011)
  
  
• Ramos-Elorduy, Julieta. Creepy Crawly Cuisine: The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects.
  Park Street, 1998.
  
  
• Scorpon Bites -- Phillip R. Johnson
  
  
• Should we eat bugs? -- Emma Bryce
  
  
• Six-legged livestock: Edible insect farming, collection and marketing in Thailand -- Yupa Hanboonsong, Tasanee Jamjanya and Patrick B. Durst, FAO (March 2013) [Download Full Report]
  
  
• Thai Insects Eaten for Snacks -- Thai supermarket online
  
  
• There's Crap in Our Food. Literally -- Lloyd Alter, treehugger.com (17 February 2009)
  
  
• U.S. FDA: Food Defect Action Levels
  
  
• Use of Insects by Australian Aborigines -- Ron Cherry, American Entomologist (32: 8-13)
  
  
• Weird Meat -- a food and travel blog
  
  
• What's in your meal?: Really want to know? Read on. But wait, perhaps, until after breakfast -- E. J. Levy, StarTribune.com, 18 February 2009
  
  
• What's stopping us from eating insects? -- Krystal D'Costa, Scientific American (24 July 2013)
  
  
• What Is Fried and Has Six Legs? Welcome to Insect Cuisine -- Judith Newman, The New York Times (20 May 1992)
  
  
• Why eating insects is good for you -- La Trobe University (18 November 2013)
  
  
• Why not eat insects? -- BBC (11 March 2011)
  
  
• Why Not Eat Insects (1885 pamphlet) by Vincent Holt, with French cuisine recipes
  
  
• www.food-insects.com

Tacos de Chapuline

(Grasshopper Tacos)

1/2 pound medium-sized grasshoppers
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lemon, juiced
Salt
2 ripe avocados, mashed
6 tortillas (corn or flour)

Roast grasshoppers for 10 minutes in a 350-degree oven. Toss with garlic, lemon juice, and salt to taste. Spread mashed avocado on tortilla. Sprinkle on roasted hoppers, to taste.

From "Eat the Beetles," a Review of

Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects
by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio
Ten Speed Press, $19.95 paper

by Mick Vann