# Insects: An Edible Field Guide - Hardcover

by **Stefan Gates** (Author)

Ever been tempted by the thought of trying juicy deep fried mealworms, proteinrich cricket flower, or swapping your Walkers for salt and vinegar flavoured grasshoppers? If so then you are not alone! Over 2 billion people regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and the world is home to around 1,900 edible insect species.

For adventurous foodies and daring dieters comes the newest way to save the planet, eat more protein, and tickle taste buds. But this isn't an insect cookbook. Instead it's an informative field guide: exploring the origins of insect eating, offering tips on finding edible bugs and serving up a few delicious ideas of how to eat them once you've tracked them down!

It includes a comprehensive list on edible insects and where to find them, how to prepare them, their versatile usage and nutritional value as well as a few recipes. A bug-eating checklist covering all known edible bugs so readers can mark off the ones they've eaten and seek out new delicacies concludes the book.

This is a perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful, and adventurous side of entomophagy.

### Author Biography

Stefan Gates is a writer and broadcaster. In 2004, as a presenter and writer of the BBC2 series _Full on Food_, Stefan introduced the nation to the wilder side of gastronomy. His book _Gastronaut_, published the following year, won the Gormand World Cookbook Award for best Food Literature Book, as well as being shortlisted for the Guild of Food Writers' Award. Stefan has worked as a TV director, scriptwriter and comedy producer, but his strangest job was appearing naked on the cover of Led Zeppelin's _Houses of the Holy_ at the age of four. He is married to the top food photographer Georgia Glynn Smith, who shot the pictures for _Gastronaut_.

**Number of Pages:** 144

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** February 27, 2018

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- **Price:** 24.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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