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Mixed Berry Cricket Leather
Did you know that fruit leather is a RAW? Add a little cricket flour and you’ve got a delicious, protein rich RAW-mazing food. This subtly sweet, nutrient dense batch of cricket leather is the perfect packable fuel for your next adventure. Lightweight and loaded with vitamin C, it will surely warn away scurvy sailing the […]
#BugWall: Demo New Edible Insect Foods
Oh, yeah! I am really excited to demo novel edible insect foods on the BugWall. Thanks to the versatility of cricket flour, the product development sphere of the edible insect industry is in full swing. Just look at the full arsenal of edible insect foods I’ll bring on the BugWall. This trip I am fortunate […]
BugWall Menu: big wall nutrition (part 1)
If big wall climbing is grueling, solo big wall climbing is an extra special form of vertical masochism. Every moment of every day is jam packed with tasks. Cold mornings begin by crawling out of a warm sleeping bag, cooking coffee from a hanging stove and end after 10-12 hours of constant movement. If […]
BugWall – Little Herds Indiegogo Campaign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBsno-orEbg Bug Vivant + Little Herds + #BugWall = Indiegogo fundraiser for edible insect outreach. What does rock climbing have to do with edible insects? Not much until this September, when I am load up my car with hundreds of pounds of climbing gear and thousands of edible insects, and set sail for […]
Bug Wall: bugs get vertical, big walls go sustainable
Can one person climb the thousands of vertical feet of El Capitan eating just bugs? I’ll find out this September, when I spend 2 weeks climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park with just myself, hundreds pounds of gear and lots of bugs! Big wall climbing can be a brutal genera of climbing, solo big wall […]
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Salud Bug Dinner
San Antonio knows how to do a bug dinner. The recent Witte Museum Salud Bug Dinner was a smash hit thanks the culinary genius of Executive Chef Stephen Paprocki and Ernest Lopez, Pastry Chef of Eilan Hotel. Guests at this posh bug dinner enjoyed an exquisite 4-course meal with spot-on beer parings
West Texas Wonders: El Paso Zoo Bug Fest
"Out in the West Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with an edible bug..." This weekend's edible insect tasting at the El Paso Zoo Bug Fest was a smash hit thanks to the dedication of executive chef Miguel Guillen and entomophagist extraordinaire Bob Gable. Tucked away in the sleepy border town
6 Legged Lit: 6 Must-have Edible Insect Books and Cookbooks
Best Bug Cookbooks #1 The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook by David George Gordon Your definitive guide to modern kitchen buggery can be found in the The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook. If you're only going to buy one edible insect cookbook, start with this one. You'll learn 40 different recipes,