Lobster had one of the greatest reputation makeovers in food history. Once treated as "food for the poor," it is now served ...

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization wants to be clear about its new report released today. “We are not saying that people should be eating bugs,” said Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s ...

I remember the termites in the frying pan. I was standing on a chair and watching an old man (my grandfather?) cook the insects. I was boy-excited by the sweet smell of fat that rose from the pan and ...

“We have to get used to the idea of eating insects.” This proclamation came from, of all people, an insect researcher. Dutch entomologist Marcel Dicke pitched eating bugs in his 2010 TED talk as ...

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Last May, I ate bugs for the first time. Not the kind you accidentally swallow when you’re riding a bike — or the hundreds you mythically ingest over a lifetime while you’re sleeping. These were ...

In the midst of a food allergy epidemic, it is important to be aware of all of the possible allergens that people eat, knowingly or unknowingly. Even in the Western world, we each unwittingly eat ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. After 17 years underground, Brood XIV ...

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan -- The majority of Americans will be -- voluntarily -- eating bugs within 10 years. At least, that's what Chef Joseph Yoon predicts. Yoon is the executive director and chef ...

I’ve written a lot about hummingbirds recently because they are mesmerizing to watch and spring brings a delightful aerial tango as both resident and migrating species compete for nectar at my feeders ...