The Insect Cookbook ARTS AND TRADITIONS OF THE TABLE

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5 Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu Het Insectenkookboek 2012 by Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke. Originally published by Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam English-language edition copyright 2014 Columbia University Press All rights reserved E-ISBN This book was made possible through support from the DOEN Foundation, the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Foundation, Wageningen University, and the Dutch Foundation for Literature. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Huis, Arnold van. [Insectenkookboek. English] The Insect cookbook : food for a sustainable planet / Arnold van Huis, Henk van Gurp, and Marcel Dicke ; translated by Françoise Takken-Kaminker and Diane Blumenfeld-Schaap. English-language edition. pages cm (Arts and traditions of the table : perspectives on culinary history) Originally published by Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, Amsterdam in 2012 as Het Insectenkookboek. Includes index. ISBN (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN (e-book) 1. Cooking (Insects) 2. Edible insects. I. Gurp, Henk van. II. Dicke, Marcel. III. Title. TX746.H '96 dc A Columbia University Press E-book. CUP would be pleased to hear about your reading experience with this e-book at cup-ebook@columbia.edu. FRONTISPIECE: Tortilla with grasshoppers and guacamole. (Lotte Stekelenburg) COVER IMAGES: Darlyne A. Murawski Getty and Cultura Limited / SuperStock COVER DESIGN: Evan Gaffney References to Web sites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the authors nor Columbia University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. 5

6 Contents FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 Insects: Essential and Delicious Six Legs and Other Features KOFI ANNAN, FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS Eating Insects: A Question of Education Cooking with Edible Insects PIERRE WIND, TOP CHEF You Have to Eat Away the Fear Everyone Eats Insects Shrimp or Grasshopper? HARMKE KLUNDER, RESEARCHER I Could Eat Insects Anytime, Day or Night Weaver Ants in Asia Wasp Larvae in Japan Termites: A Royal Meal Lake Flies in East Africa EDOARDO RAMOS ANAYA, STORYTELLER The Tortillas from Way Back When Spirited Caterpillars in Mexico Long-Horned Grasshoppers in East Africa JOHAN VERBON, CHEF DE CUISINE Insects Are Buzzing All Around Me RECIPES: FIVE SNACKS 6

7 Mexican Chapulines Dim Sum Bitterbug Bites Bugsit Goreng (Fried Wontons) Mini Spring Rolls 2 Is It Healthy? MARGOT CALIS, INSECT FARMER Fish Friday, Meat Loaf Wednesday, Insect Tuesday MARIAN PETERS, INNOVATOR A World That Works Eating Insects Safely What Kinds of Insects Can Be Eaten? Insect Consumption and Health RECIPES: FIVE APPETIZERS Flower Power Salad Thai Salad Vegetable Carpaccio Pumpkin Soup Couscous Salad 3 Eating Insects: Naturally! JAN RUIG, POULTRY AND GAME SPECIALIST Some People Won t Try Anything New RECIPES: ELEVEN MAIN DISHES Minestrone Tagliatelle with Creamy Herb Sauce Ravioli Wild Mushroom Risotto Hakuna Matata Chili con Carne 7

8 Chop Suey Jambalaya Insect Burgers Vols-au-vent Quiche DANIELLA MARTIN, EDIBLE-INSECT ADVOCATE Valuable, Abundant, and Available to Everybody ROBÈRT VAN BECKHOVEN, PASTRY CHEF Bonbon Sauterelle Cochineal from Peru Maggot Cheese in Sardinia Palm Beetles in the Tropics Dragonfly Larvae in China RECIPES: FIVE FESTIVE DISHES Chebugschichi Hopper Kebabs Pizza Bugitos Crêpes RENÉ REDZEPI, TOP CHEF An Exploration of Deliciousness KATJA GRUIJTERS, FOOD DESIGNER The Next Generation s Shrimp Cocktail Spiders in Cambodia Moths in Italy and Australia RECIPES: SIX DESSERTS Chocolate Cupcakes Buglava Tarte Tatin Chocolate Cake Buffalo Snaps Buffalo Cinnamon Cookies 8

9 4 On the Future and Sustainability Mopane Caterpillars in Southern Africa Silk Moth Pupae in China Food for Astronauts JAN FABRE, ARTIST I ve Always Put Everything in My Mouth Shellac from India Jumping Plant Lice in South Africa and Australia Insects: A Sustainable Alternative to Meat HERMAN WIJFFELS, POLITICIAN A New Episode in the History of Our Civilization PAUL VANTOMME, FAO OFFICIAL Insect Consumption: A Global Perspective Insect Consumption: The Future RESOURCES AND SUPPLIERS INDEX 9

10 Migratory locust, reared in the Netherlands for culinary use. (Lotte Stekelenburg) 10