The Insect Cookbook : : Food for a Sustainable Planet / / Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, Marcel Dicke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: van Huis, Arnold,; Dicke, Marcel,; van Gurp, Henk,
• MitwirkendeR: Annan, Kofi,; Beckhoven, Robèrt Van,; Calis, Margot,; Fabre, Jan,; Fresco, Louise O.,; Gruijters, Katja,; Klunder, Harmke,; Martin, Daniella,; Peters, Marian,; Ramos Anaya, Edoardo,; Redzepi, René,; Ruig, Jan,; Vantomme, Paul,; Verbon, Johan,; Wijffels, Herman,; Wind, Pierre,
• TeilnehmendeR: Blumenfeld-Schaap, Diane.; Takken-Kaminker, Françoise.
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 126 color photographs

The Definitive Guide to Insects as a Sustainable Food SourceIn The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and chefs with the essential facts about insects fo...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Insects: Essential and Delicious
• Six legs and other features
• Eating insects: "A Question of education"
• Cooking with Edible Insects
• "You Have to eat away the Fear"
• Everyone Eats Insects
• Shrimp or Grasshopper?
• "I could eat insects anytime, day or night"
• Weaver Ants in Asia
• Wasp larvae in Japan
• Termites: A royal Meal
• Lake Flies in East Africa
• "The tortillas from Way back When"
• Spirited Caterpillars in Mexico
• Long-Horned Grasshoppers in East Africa
• "Insects Are buzzing All Around Me"
• Recipes: Five Snacks
• 2. Is It Healthy?
• Fish Friday, Meat Loaf Wednesday, Insect Tuesday
• "A World That Works"
• Eating Insects Safely
• What Kinds of Insects Can Be Eaten?
• Insect Consumption and Health
• Recipes: Five Appetizers
• 3. Eating Insects: Naturally!
• "Some People Won't Try Anything New"
• Recipes: Eleven Main Dishes
• "Valuable, Abundant, and Available to Everybody"
• "Bonbon Sauterelle"
• Cochineal from Peru
• Maggot Cheese in Sardinia
• Palm Beetles in the Tropics
• Dragonfly Larvae in China
• Recipes: Five Festive Dishes
• "An Exploration of Deliciousness"
• "The Next Generation's Shrimp Cocktail"
• Spiders in Cambodia
• Moths in Italy and Australia
• Recipes: Six Desserts
• 4. On the Future and Sustainability
• Mopane Caterpillars in Southern Africa
• Silk Moth Pupae in China
• Food for Astronauts
• "I've Always Put Everything in my Mouth"
• Shellac from India
• Jumping Plant Lice in South Africa and Australia
• Insects: A Sustainable Alternative to Meat
• "A New Episode in the History of our Civilization"
• Insect Consumption: A Global Perspective
• Insect Consumption: The Future
• Resources and Suppliers
• Index