Edible Insects
Entomophagy: an evolving terminology in need of review
There is growing interest in insects as human food in academia, food and agricultural industries, public Institutions and the public at large. Yet many of the words and concepts used to describe these organisms and the human practices surrounding them are still rudimentary, compared to the diversity of the organisms themselves and the existing complexity […]
Interview with Dr. F. Gai, National Research Council
We interviewed Dr. Francesco Gai, researcher at the Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA) at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) As for edible insects and entomophagy, can you tell us exactly on which studies and trials are based ISPA activities? Starting from 2012, in cooperation with many other colleagues coming from different […]
Edible insects in Tokyo
Interview with Tomohito Nakayama, Administrator of the Entomophagy Facebook Group. How were you involved in edible insects world? It was due to my curiosity: I found informations about entomophagy communities on the web and I decided to join one of them. What is the relation between japenese people and insects? Some love insects and others […]
Workshop on Edible Insect: second edition
The second edition of the Edible Insect Workshop, by Wageningen University.
Italbugs: the first Panettone in the world with silkworms flour
When: December, 12/2015 at 10:00 a.m. Where: Willy Wonka Cooking Lab Who: Italbugs “Food Before Christmas” What: the first Panettone in the world made with silkworms flour
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 […]
