Entomophagy Podcast
Because the scriptwriters for this year just don’t know when to stop, we’ve recently learned that the Asian Giant Hornet —an oversized stinging insect that is also known as the “murder hornet” or the “yak killer”—has been found in the United States for the first time ever. The hornets, […]
Another emerging food for humans of 2050 is expected to be insects. At the Ameya Yokocho (Ame-yoko) shopping street near JR Ueno station can be found a vending machine selling edible insects like crickets — which are said to go well with udon
Don’t Show Again Muji says these cricket crackers are so delicious they’re about the save the planet. People have been eating bugs since before we were humans, and entomophagy (eating insects) plays a part in the food culture of more than a few societies. In recent decades, however, those […]
An unanticipated problem was encountered, check back soon and try again Because the scriptwriters for this year just don’t know when to stop, we’ve recently learned that the Asian Giant Hornet —an oversized stinging insect that is also known as the “murder hornet” or the “yak killer”—has been found […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES Long before Asian giant hornets found their way to American shores, some Japanese prized them for their numbing crunch and the venomous buzz they add to liquor. TOKYO — Long before the Asian giant hornet began terrorising the honeybees of Washington state, the ferocious insects […]
If you’re bored with the regular tonkotsu or miso ramen, why not give this a try? There was a time in my life where, if you offered me some sort of bug for a snack, I would have recoiled in horror. I’m a fussy eater at the best of […]
Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same. We’re more conscious of nutrition and potential future food shortages now than we ever have been, and this is why some companies are turning their eyes to meat substitute products, […]
BugMo Co. CEO Yusuke Matsui (left) and co-founder and COO Fu Nishimoto show off the startup’s cricket powder protein bars in February in Kyoto Prefecture. | KYODO KYOTO – Despite there being a long history of bug-eating in rural parts of Japan, for the average consumer nowadays stomaching creepy-crawlies […]
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