The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook
Subtitle: 33 Ways to Cook Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and their Kin
By: David George Gordon.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9780898159776
Subjects: Cookery (Insects); Edible insects
Genres: Cookbook
Description: Gordon, a naturalist and author of the popular "Compleat Cockroach", has researched the practice of eating bugs and presents the results with relish . . . or at least a light cream sauce. Recipes include Really Hoppin' John (grasshoppers add extra kick), Pest-O (common garden weevils in a creamy basil sauce), and Fried Green Hornworm. Full-color photos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99).
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: Embracing Entomophagy
pagenum: x; title: A Meal Moth in Every Pantry, A Chinch Bug in Every Pot
pagenum: xi; title: Who Eats Bugs?
pagenum: xii; title: The Benefits of Bug Eating
pagenum: xiv; title: Shouldn't Everyone Eat Bugs?
pagenum: xv; title: Government-Approved Entomophagy
pagenum: xvii; title: About the Recipes
pagenum: xviii; title: The Live Ingredients
pagenum: xx; title: Cooking Techniques
pagenum: xxi; title: Choice Cuts
pagenum: xxiii; title: Beware of Bad Bugs
pagenum: xxiv; title: The Best Beverages for Bugs
pagenum: xxv; label: Part 1
title: Don't Worry, Be Hoppy: Nine Culinary Leaps of Faith, Using Crickets, Grasshoppers, and Their Kin
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: Cooking with Crickets
pagenum: 7; title: Orthopteran Orzo
pagenum: 9; title: Chirpy Chex Party Mix
pagenum: 10; title: Chocolate Cricket Torte
pagenum: 12; title: Bugs in a Rug
pagenum: 14; label: Chapter 2
title: Grilled Grasshoppers, Creamed Katydids, and Locusts Lovingly Prepared
pagenum: 15; title: Oaxacan Whoppers
pagenum: 17; title: Really Hoppin' John
pagenum: 19; title: St. John's Bread
pagenum: 21; title: Cream of Katydid Soup
pagenum: 23; title: Sheesh! Kabobs
pagenum: 25; label: Part 2
title: Togetherness: A Selection of Social Insects -- Bees, Termites, and Ants -- for Special Occasions
pagenum: 27; label: Chapter 3
title: Tantalizing Termites (The Other White Meat)
pagenum: 29; title: Curried Termite Stew
pagenum: 32; title: Termite Treats
pagenum: 34; label: Chapter 4
title: Beginning with Bees
pagenum: 35; title: Three Bee Salad
pagenum: 38; title: Glory Bee
pagenum: 40; title: Bee's Knees
pagenum: 41; label: Chapter 5
title: Ants on (and in) the House
pagenum: 43; title: Ant Jemima's Buckwheat-Bug Griddlecakes
pagenum: 45; title: Amaretto Honeypots
pagenum: 46; title: Ants in Pants
pagenum: 48; label: Part 3
title: Who's Bugging Whom? Eight Ways to Turn the Tables on Home and Garden Pests
pagenum: 49; label: Chapter 6
title: Preparing Pantry Pests
pagenum: 55; title: Superworm Tempura with Plum Dipping Sauce
pagenum: 58; title: Larval Latkes (a.k.a. Grubsteaks)
pagenum: 60; label: Chapter 7
title: Creating Cockroach Cuisine
pagenum: 61; title: Gregor Samsa's Samosas
pagenum: 63; title: Cockroach à la King
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 8
title: Gardener Grazers Alfresco
pagenum: 67; title: Fried Green Tomato Hornworm
pagenum: 69; title: Piz-zz-zz-za
pagenum: 70; title: Pest-o
pagenum: 73; title: Alpha-Bait Soup
pagenum: 75; label: Part 4
title: Side Orders: A Smorgasbord of Treats from Assorted Arthropod Taxa
pagenum: 77; label: Chapter 9
title: Spineless Delights
pagenum: 79; title: Giant Water Bug on Watercress
pagenum: 82; title: Sweet and Sour Silkworm
pagenum: 84; title: Ample Drumsticks
pagenum: 86; title: Spin-akopita
pagenum: 88; title: Sky Prawns
pagenum: 90; title: Scorpion Scallopine
pagenum: 92; title: Party Pupae
pagenum: 94; title: Baked Bird-Eating Spider
pagenum: 96; label: Resources
pagenum: 99; title: For More Information
pagenum: 99; title: Suppliers of Edible Arthropods
pagenum: 99; title: Suppliers of Prepared Edible Arthropods
pagenum: 100; title: Manufacturers of High-Quality Toothpicks
pagenum: 100; title: Suppliers of Arthropod Care and Collecting Gear
pagenum: 100; title: Sponsors of Bug-Eating Events
pagenum: 101