Insects as Food
food-insects.com
Information on the current importance and the future potential of insects as a global food resource.
Descending the Food Chain
newtimesbpb.com
An article in New Times, Broward-Palm Beach, Florida.
Stalking the Wild: Eating Bugs
stalkingthewild.com
Discusses cooking methods for insects in various cuisines.
Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes
ent.iastate.edu
Offers links to insect suppliers and a few of the tastiest recipes such as banana worm bread and chocolate chirpie chip cookies. Also provides nutrition information for some common insects.
Bay Area Bug Eating Society (BABES)
planetscott.com
San Francisco Entomophagists. Recipes, nutrition information, FAQs, and pictures.
Bert Christensen's Weird & Different Recipes: Locust Bisque
bertc.com
Cream soup recipe.
Our Friend, the Cicada
ia.wvu.edu
Information about the 17-year Cicada music, and fact and fantasy. Includes recipe for cicadas boiled with anise in rice wine.
Crawling Cuisine
newmassmedia.com
Magazine article and annotated links on history and current practice.
Survival.com - Eating Bugs
survival.com
Article from Hoods Woods Survival Training Center.
Food Insects Newsletter
hollowtop.com
How-to articles about harvesting and preparing insects.
Bug-Eating
eat.bees.net
Various articles and links to using insects as food.
MSU News: If You Like Crawdad Jambalaya, Why Not Cricket Jambalaya?
montana.edu
Review of the Montana State University Enytomology Department's annual "Hopper Fry" event.
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook
olympus.net
David G. Gordon shows 33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin. Buy, look through reviews, or read about the author.
Woodlouse Recipes
geocities.com
Part of a page developed as a resource for Y13 Biology students. Recipes with pictures of each completed dish.
Cafe Insecta
cafeinsecta.com
Offers cooking classes and demonstrations. Includes photographs from several events and three sophisticated recipes featuring crickets.
Bugfood!
uky.edu
Offers a variety of recipes and links to satisfy anyone's bug-filled food craving.
Insect Snacks from Around the World
uky.edu
From the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology.
Plutos Recipes
plutos0.tripod.com
Small collection includes Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies and Stir Fried Cricket Curry.
In the Kitchen With Mother Linda: Cicada Craze
westonaprice.org
Includes recipes for Southern Cicada Tartletts and Cincinnati Cicada Stir-Fry, with links to other sources.
Weird Recipe List
bertc.com
Recipes for odd dishes some including insects.
Dr. Frog's Recipe Page
frogsonice.com
Includes a 1687 description of a dish of Parcht Locusts, and directions for marinating bee grubs in coconut cream.
Insects as Human Food
ohioline.osu.edu
Hosted by Ohio State University. Entomologists, farmers and chefs who are promoting edible insects, a foodstuff better known in academic circles as "Microlivestock." Article, recipes, and nutritional information.
Fried Green Tomato Hornworms
olympus.net
Sample recipe from a cookbook by David George Gordon.
CNN: University Lures Kids with Chocolate-Covered Crickets
archives.cnn.com
Review of Penn State University's 10th annual Great Insect Fair.
Cicada-licious
newsdesk.umd.edu
University of Maryland Cookbook has recipes for appetizers, main dishes and desserts. Includes an introduction to entomophgy and sample list of insects eaten around the world. [PDF]
Grow-a-Brain: Entomophagy (Insect Eating) Archives
growabrain.typepad.com
Blog with links and photographs covering all aspects of eating insects, from recipes to newspaper articles to personal experiences.
Washington Post: Cicada: The Other, Other White Meat
washingtonpost.com
Discusses how to harvest and prepare soft-shelled cicadas as they emerge from the ground, and some restaurants that plan to serve them. (Free registration required.)
Outside Magazine: It's Hard to Eat Just One
outside.away.com
Author Ian Frazier waxes poetic about the joys of eating mayflies.
Weird Foods: Bugs
weird-food.com
Includes a list of insects and other arthropods eaten in various cuisines, and a few recipes including Banana Worm Bread and Cricket Chip Cookies.
Cicada Recipes
biology.clc.uc.edu
Small collection including Cicada-Portobello Quiche, Cicada-cheese wonton, and Curried Cicadas and Chickpeas, from University of Cincinnati Biology professor Janet L. Stein Carter.
NPR : The Cicadas Are Coming!
npr.org
Instructions on collecting them, and recipes for fried soft-shelled cicadas, El Chirper Tacos, and Cicada Rhubarb Pie.