false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176480097m/628410.jpg 628410 2 Conventional wisdom holds that our dietary habits are mostly set by the time we reach age 5. Perhaps this explains why the thought of eating insects sends the average Westerner into a fit of shudders and gagging. But entomophagy is practiced by all kinds of people, all over the world. Arthropods are a good source of protein, they're plentiful, and they're often easier to catch than a fast bird or dangerous mammal. Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio, the husband-wife team behind the photojournalistic masterpieces <I>Material World</I> and <I>Women in the Material World</I>, bring us the world of insect eating through stunning photos and amusing, enlightening text, complete with recipes for delicacies like Simple Scorpion Soup. Peter dives into each insect meal with gusto, whereas Faith is always less enthusiastic, but participates nonetheless, if only to push her Western taste boundaries out a bit further. Here she describes her first taste of a fried tarantula in Cambodia: "I can stall no longer. I break off a leg--it's two inches long, but seems like twelve--and ask if this too is supposed to be eaten. Yes, I'm told, so I do. I'm surprised that it doesn't feel hairy in my mouth because it looks awfully hairy.... It doesn't taste bad, but I can't say it tastes good." <p> <I>Man Eating Bugs</I> is part global anthropological study, part nature essay, part travel adventure story. The plentiful, gorgeous photographs will take you on an emotional journey, from the depths of disgust to the heights of awe, as you realize that "the shelves of the supermarket carry only a small slice of what the world has to offer." <I>--Therese Littleton</I> 614750 1 9 1998 Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects total:27|5:1|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 27 116 35 6 4 0 false false Wed Dec 10 11:11:41 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 11:16:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 07:16:02 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 07:16:28 -0700 2008 fantastic photographs and first-hand accounts of eating bugs!

The husband and wife team behind this project give their accounts of not only eating bugs, but how they got in the situation to eat the bugs: where they went, who they talked to, who they met. It's really fascina...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 22 11:58:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 18:58:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Sep 19 11:51:25 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 11:58:31 -0700 2008
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