The Insect Cookbook : Food for a Sustainable Planet / Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, Marcel Dicke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huis, Arnold van, author.

Dicke, Marcel, author.

Gurp, Henk van, author.

Contributor:

Blumenfeld-Schaap, Diane.

Takken-Kaminker, Françoise.

Series:

Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History

Standardized Title:

Insectenkookboek. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooking (Insects).

Edible insects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Definitive Guide to Insects as a Sustainable Food SourceIn The Insect Cookbook, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part of our future diet. They provide consumers and chefs with the essential facts about insects for culinary use, with recipes simple enough to make at home yet boasting the international flair of the world's most chic dishes."Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is.... They will proudly go around and say, 'I ate crickets, I ate locusts, and they were delicious.'"-Kofi Annan The Insect Cookbook features delicious recipes and interviews with top chefs, insect farmers, political figures, and nutrition experts, including chef René Redzepi, whose establishment was elected three times as "best restaurant of the world"; Kofi Annan, former secretary-general of the United Nations; and Daniella Martin of Girl Meets Bug. The book contains all you need to know about cooking with insects, where to buy them, which ones are edible, and how to store and prepare them at home and in commercial spaces.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword / Fresco, Louise O.

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Insects: Essential and Delicious

Six legs and other features

Eating insects: "A Question of education" / Annan, Kofi

Cooking with Edible Insects

"You Have to eat away the Fear" / Wind, Pierre

Everyone Eats Insects

Shrimp or Grasshopper?

"I could eat insects anytime, day or night" / Klunder, Harmke

Weaver Ants in Asia

Wasp larvae in Japan

Termites: A royal Meal

Lake Flies in East Africa

"The tortillas from Way back When" / Ramos Anaya, Edoardo

Spirited Caterpillars in Mexico

Long-Horned Grasshoppers in East Africa

"Insects Are buzzing All Around Me" / Verbon, Johan

Recipes: Five Snacks

2. Is It Healthy?

Fish Friday, Meat Loaf Wednesday, Insect Tuesday / Calis, Margot

"A World That Works" / Peters, Marian

Eating Insects Safely

What Kinds of Insects Can Be Eaten?

Insect Consumption and Health

Recipes: Five Appetizers

3. Eating Insects: Naturally!

"Some People Won't Try Anything New" / Ruig, Jan

Recipes: Eleven Main Dishes

"Valuable, Abundant, and Available to Everybody" / Martin, Daniella

"Bonbon Sauterelle" / Beckhoven, Robèrt Van

Cochineal from Peru

Maggot Cheese in Sardinia

Palm Beetles in the Tropics

Dragonfly Larvae in China

Recipes: Five Festive Dishes

"An Exploration of Deliciousness" / Redzepi, René

"The Next Generation's Shrimp Cocktail" / Gruijters, Katja

Spiders in Cambodia

Moths in Italy and Australia

Recipes: Six Desserts

4. On the Future and Sustainability

Mopane Caterpillars in Southern Africa

Silk Moth Pupae in China

Food for Astronauts

"I've Always Put Everything in my Mouth" / Fabre, Jan

Shellac from India

Jumping Plant Lice in South Africa and Australia

Insects: A Sustainable Alternative to Meat

"A New Episode in the History of our Civilization" / Wijffels, Herman

Insect Consumption: A Global Perspective / Vantomme, Paul

Insect Consumption: The Future

Resources and Suppliers

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

"Originally published by Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam in 2012 as Het Insectenkookboek."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231536219

0231536216

OCLC:

979573848