Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544114353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Can you imagine a world in which that simple statement is not only true but in fact an unremarkable part of daily life? Daniella Martin, entomophagist and blogger, can. Whether you love or hate bugs, Edible will radically change the way you think about the global food crisis and perhaps persuade you that insects are much more than a common pest. Insects. In this rollicking excursion into the world of edible insects, Martin takes us to the front lines of the next big trend in the global food movement and shows us how insects just might be the key to solving world hunger. Martin argues that bugs have long been an important part of indigenous diets and cuisines around the world, and investigates our own culture’s bias against their use as a food source. For the adventurous, the book includes an illustrated list of edible insects, recipes, and instructions on how to raise bugs at home.. She shines a light on the cutting-edge research of Marcel Dicke and other scientists who are only now beginning to determine the nutritional makeup of insects and champion them as an efficient and sustainable food source. Along the way, we sample moth larvae tacos at the Don Bugito food cart in San Francisco, travel to Copenha
Miss Barbara said "Once a bug eater, always a bug eater". Global Hunger is a very serious subject. Author DANIELLA MARTIN is a certified entomophagist, or bug-eating expert and the knee jerk reaction of many will certainly be NO WAY! Daniella has traveled the world learning how other countries and cultures have successfully eaten bugs for centuries.The palate of us North Americans has changed over. "Five Stars" according to Christopher Russell. Amazing read will definitely make you think there is a better way to feed the world. Junie said Edible. Edible is a really interesting look at entomophagy. Daniella Martin begins by explaining why insects should be a normal part of the human diet from both a nutritional and ecological standpoint. She provides a sound, logical argument for the consumption of insects while fully aware of the obstacles to adding bugs to the Western diet.This is
--Nancy Bent . But it wasn’t until she realized that there was actually a worldwide movement afoot to add insects back into the human diet that Martin dedicated herself to educating us about the advantages of eating bugs. Complete with recipes and nice descriptions of edible insects. As the author deconstructs our modern diet, we begin to realize the inefficiency and waste that goes into the raising of meat animals. From Booklist This book is about eating bugs—in the author’s definition, any terrestrial invertebrate—and how insects and other invertebrates just might be the answer to world hunger. And with the ever-increasing human population and the fact that at least one in seven persons on this planet does not get enough to eat, does it not make sense to turn to insects as a food source? In
DANIELLA MARTIN is a certified entomophagist, or bug-eating expert. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, The New Yorker, the Wall Streeet Journal, SF Weekly, and AOL News.girlmeetsbug