Why not head out to your backyard and round up some nice juicy grasshoppers. Or maybe you'd rather cook up a batch of Cream of Katydid Soup. The mere thought of eating creepy crawly ants and spiders makes the average person cringe with disgust. But author David George Gordon wants to change that.
Bugs are a good source of vitamins, minerals and fats.
Crickets are loaded with calcium while termites are rich in iron. And 100 grams of giant silkworm moth larvae provide 100 percent of the daily requirements for copper, zinc, iron, thiamine and riboflavin. The book hopes that you are, and it offers you some recipes and hints on how to enjoy your bug meals. Hornworms are ridiculously chlorophyll-rich. They taste great with just about any summer vegetable, but our favorite recipe draws inspiration from the cuisine of the Whistle Stop Cafe, that fictitious Alabama diner made famous by novelist Fanny Flagg.