Disgust
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 […]
Entomophagy: fighting disgust with education (media cooperation needed)
Interview with David Gracer, English teacher, writer and naturalist in Providence, RI. He teaches at the Community College of Rhode Island and has contributed to the Entomophagy movement What amount of psychological work is needed to change our food habits? This question and the next one present several problems. The field of entomophagy has seen […]
Two children and the idea of eating insects
We live in the countryside, where relationship with insects is very close and children experience it daily through direct observation and contact. But we live in a place where culinary tradition is very strong (as everywhere in Italy) and survives through the presence of the elderly -especially-grandmothers- in families living under the same roof. I […]
