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Talking about 'eating insects'

Posted by · August 14, 2016 11:46 AM · 1 reaction

Everyone is talking about 'eating insects'. But what does that actually mean and include? A recent paper raises new questions around 'entomophagy'. Dig deeper →

The incredible insect that makes our silk: the silkworm

Posted by · May 25, 2016 12:40 AM · 1 reaction

When silkworms are boiled to release their fine threads, why let all that protein go to waste? Dig deeper →

The Kushihara Wasp Festival

Posted by · March 15, 2016 10:54 AM · 1 reaction

When the Nordic Food Lab researchers visited Japan, they naturally had to go to the Wasp Festival. Here's how they fared. Dig deeper →

Eating wasps and hornets in Japan

Posted by · March 10, 2016 4:00 PM

Chikara is a traditional kaiseki restaurant north of Ena, Japan. Head chef Ozeki prepared a special menu using wasps and giant hornets, but remaining faithful to traditional kaiseki aesthetics and techniques. While skeptical at first – he had never before cooked with hornets – he was a convert in the end, praising their versatility and flavour. Dig deeper →

The Wasp – friend, foe or delicacy?

Posted by · March 08, 2016 7:31 PM · 1 reaction

Wasps, popularly thought of as ‘useless’. No honey, no pollination, and they don’t even have the good grace to die when they sting you. But listen: wasps don’t deserve their bad rep. Dig deeper →

My search for insects that would feed the world (2)

Posted by · February 10, 2016 7:28 PM · 1 reaction

I kept roaming the vast Expo area in Milan – all those impressive national pavilions showing how the respective countries were “feeding the planet”, as the Universal Exhibition’s theme suggested. Yet all the nations that regularly eat insects – they had somehow decided to hide to the world the fact that they do. Dig deeper →

It's all about diversity

Posted by · February 08, 2016 5:44 PM · 1 reaction

The UK’s first public Insects for Food and Feed Conference was hosted at the Oxford Martin School. Rebecca Roberts gives us the 'state of the union' in insects as food and feed, and concludes that diversity was the key take-home message. Dig deeper →

My First Hornet Hunt (2): From hive to plate

Posted by · January 27, 2016 1:54 PM

Suddenly, the inquisitive swarm of half a dozen hornets became an enraged and fearsome defence force. We were under attack. My layer of tarpaulin, pummelled from every direction by hundreds of miniature fighter jets, felt as delicate as rice-paper. Dig deeper →

My First Hornet Hunt (1): Searching for the nest

Posted by · January 26, 2016 10:05 AM · 3 reactions

As the hornet thrashed inside the net, Miyake caught and gripped her body with the tweezers. This done, Nakagaki flipped the net and began to loop one of the white plastic strips around her vibrating body. Buzzing loudly, she twisted her abdomen frantically to avoid the plastic, but to no avail. Dig deeper →

The Yak Killer: the Asian Giant Hornet

Posted by · January 25, 2016 10:39 PM

For some people this insect is the stuff of nightmares. Also known as the ‘yak-killer’, it’s notoriously aggressive and kills around 40 people a year. If you see it, you run. Dig deeper →

Eating insects is nothing new – but it's also the future. Still, many of us find it disgusting. We’re on a mission to find out more – not to sell you anything. Share our curiosity and join us in exploring a taste of insects!

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