He notes that bugs are a hot commodity right now, with insect festivals popping up at zoos and museums, some of which Gordon attends. He understands bugs carry with them a major ick factor, and like a thirsty mosquito, he wants to take a bite out of the bug bias problem. Gordon believes the insect public relations dilemma is rooted in ignorance. B UG B ITES Two-thirds of all living animal species are insects. Pinot gris is a fine companion for bug cuisine.
Many pet stores carry live mealworms and house crickets as food for lizards and other vertebrates.
Our close relatives, the great apes, are all avid insect eaters. At movie theaters in Columbia, people eat roasted insects instead of popcorn. Locusts, which chomp on fresh leaves and stems instead of scavenging decayed matter, are kosher, according to dietary laws set down in Leviticus. As for Gordon's friends, he likes to serve them larval latkes during Hanukkah. It wasn't real tough.