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Bug-Eating Ladies Speak Out for Insect Cuisine

By David MoyeFeb 22nd 2011 – 8:20PM
William Hu

William Hu

You never forget the first bug you eat. In fact, it seems just like yesterday to Daniella Martin. "It was 10 years ago when I was getting my anthropology degree and studying pre-Columbian food in the Yucatan region of Mexico," Martin reminisced to AOL News. Back before Christopher Columbus' arrival, the amount of big...

Chew on This: You Aren't Eating Enough Bugs

By David MoyeJul 12th 2010 – 6:51AM
Travel Channel

Travel Channel

(July 12) -- Americans aren't eating enough insects, and that bugs foodies like Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern, host of the popular Travel Channel series "Bizarre Foods," travels the world tasting the local vittles in various countries. Some are quite foreign to American taste buds, and, at least in the case of insects, he...

Background on chapulines

Chapulines, plural for chapulín, are grasshoppers of the genus Sphenarium, that are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico.

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