We have some fancy names for certain styles of foods such as charcuterie for a tray of appetizers and etouffee for shrimp stew. Shall we move on to “entomophagy” for ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- They hop. They crawl. They squirm. And they could be coming to a dinner plate near you. An increasing number of "entopreneurs" are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite for ...

Farming insects may be more sustainable than raising meat, but so far that hasn't been quite enough to convince most Westerners to eat them. Marketing them as delicious, exquisite delicacies, though?

"Insects do not taste like chicken," said Daniella Martin, a charismatic advocate of eating low, make that really low, on the food chain. Through public lectures, cooking demonstrations and her Girl ...

If the edible insects market is heating up, and big name retailers from Publix to Sprouts are now stocking cricket bars, snacks and protein powders, why is Whole Foods – which has reportedly ...

At Linger restaurant in Denver, a chef tosses black ants with white rice and tops a wok-fried heap of vegetables with diced crickets and grasshoppers. The result — a dish called Sweet and Sour ...

People are eating insects for fun, and we want to know why anyone would ever voluntarily put a bug in their mouth. We're not talking about eating them for the wow factor like kids do with scorpion ...

Chitin (kai'tin) and healthy fats from insects appear to contribute to healthy gut microbiota and are strong sources of protein and nutrients, according to a paper co-authored by a Colorado State ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the business of food, from artichokes to zucchini. And every year – this year will be the fourth annual event – the pest ...

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two billion people can’t be wrong — at least, not about the nearly 2,000 species of ...

Experts say that if people in the United States and Europe can get over the "ick", edible insects could revolutionise food ...

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