Cooking with insects made easy
Interview with Anouk Zoet and Julien Zimmer, co-founders of Oh my bug Tell us how you got involved in the edible insects world 2 years ago, Julien had to do some research about entomophagy for his work as a video journalist. Because of that, we started to read more and more articles explaining the environmental […]
Rossano Linassi: entomophagy in Brazil
Rossano Linassi is a young and solar brazilian chef who realizes delicious dishes with insects, participates in many TV shows, conferences and workshops. I contacted him and we have a long intercontinental chat conversation about edible insects and gastronomy. His enthusiasm is contagious and in few messages he involves you in his amazing reality! How […]
Edible insects: a clear and comprehensive legislation is needed
Interview with Dr. Daniele Sisto, head of the Veterinary Service at the Local Health Unit 6 of the Western Friuli and Regional Coordinator for Small Local Productions After the interview to Dr. Daniele Sisto, I realized how difficult it is to disentangle and juggle with numerous sources of law (continuously updated) in the field of […]
Antonio&Giuseppe Bozzaotra: Insetticommestibili.it
Interview to Bozzaotra twins – Insetticommestibili.it I interviewed Antonio and Giuseppe Bozzaotra, charismatic friulan twins that, near Padua, opened the farm “Edible Insects” in which they are raising many species of insects: crickets, bamboo larvae, silkworms, grasshoppers, beetles, wasps, scorpions and caimans. They have been engaged in this area for years and have been invited […]
Good to eat – Marvin Harris
Steak or crickets skewers? I always wondered what influences food tastes of the people, if it were pure irrationality, or if there was a reason about it. In the book “Good to eat” of the american anthropologist Marvin Harris I found a convincing and well-argued explanation. The author has examined the reasons why people prefer […]
