8.4 /10 1 Votes8.4
Country United States Publisher Random House Originally published 1 September 1998 | 4.2/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1998 ISBN 9781580080224 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards James Beard Award for Reference and Scholarship Similar Peter Menzel books, Insect books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects is a non-fiction book by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Alusio.
Contents
Book summary
The authors traveled to 13 countries to taste insects. The book talks about eating insects and how to harvest them. The insects in the book include Theraphosa blondi (a bird-eating tarantula), jumil stinkbugs, witchetty grub, and silkworms. Faith recommends that people who are new to insect eating start with insects that crisp up well when roasted and avoiding things like worms, which are too chewy, or cicadas, which are too fleshy and tough.
Reception
It was reviewed by Whole Earth, New Scientist, and Salt Lake Tribune.
References
Man Eating Bugs Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA