The Insect Cookbook
eBook - PDF

The Insect Cookbook

Food for a Sustainable Planet

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Insect Cookbook

Food for a Sustainable Planet

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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2014
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780231536219
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. Insects: Essential and Delicious
  6. Six legs and other features
  7. Eating insects: “A Question of education”
  8. Cooking with Edible Insects
  9. “You Have to eat away the Fear”
  10. Everyone Eats Insects
  11. Shrimp or Grasshopper?
  12. “I could eat insects anytime, day or night”
  13. Weaver Ants in Asia
  14. Wasp larvae in Japan
  15. Termites: A royal Meal
  16. Lake Flies in East Africa
  17. “The tortillas from Way back When”
  18. Spirited Caterpillars in Mexico
  19. Long-Horned Grasshoppers in East Africa
  20. “Insects Are buzzing All Around Me”
  21. Recipes: Five Snacks
  22. 2. Is It Healthy?
  23. Fish Friday, Meat Loaf Wednesday, Insect Tuesday
  24. “A World That Works”
  25. Eating Insects Safely
  26. What Kinds of Insects Can Be Eaten?
  27. Insect Consumption and Health
  28. Recipes: Five Appetizers
  29. 3. Eating Insects: Naturally!
  30. “Some People Won’t Try Anything New”
  31. Recipes: Eleven Main Dishes
  32. “Valuable, Abundant, and Available to Everybody”
  33. “Bonbon Sauterelle”
  34. Cochineal from Peru
  35. Maggot Cheese in Sardinia
  36. Palm Beetles in the Tropics
  37. Dragonfly Larvae in China
  38. Recipes: Five Festive Dishes
  39. “An Exploration of Deliciousness”
  40. “The Next Generation’s Shrimp Cocktail”
  41. Spiders in Cambodia
  42. Moths in Italy and Australia
  43. Recipes: Six Desserts
  44. 4. On the Future and Sustainability
  45. Mopane Caterpillars in Southern Africa
  46. Silk Moth Pupae in China
  47. Food for Astronauts
  48. “I’ve Always Put Everything in my Mouth”
  49. Shellac from India
  50. Jumping Plant Lice in South Africa and Australia
  51. Insects: A Sustainable Alternative to Meat
  52. “A New Episode in the History of our Civilization”
  53. Insect Consumption: A Global Perspective
  54. Insect Consumption: The Future
  55. Resources and Suppliers
  56. Index

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