The New Food Trend: Edible Bugs

A student prepares a spring roll with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. The school believes that eating bugs can help better your health, cut global carbon emissions and slash your food budget. To att

Crunchy Spring Rolls A student prepares a spring roll with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. The school believes that eating bugs can help better your health, cut global carbon emissions and slash your food budget. To att A student prepares a spring roll with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. The school believes that eating bugs can help better your health, cut global carbon emissions and slash your food budget. To attract more insect-eaters, Dutch scientist Arnold van Huis and his team of scientists at Wageningen have worked with a local cooking school to produce a cookbook and suitable recipes. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.

Just Keep Woking Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

All Tarted Up A student prepares mealworm quiches at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. A student prepares mealworm quiches at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

All Kinds of Carapace Mealworm quiches are seen at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. Mealworm quiches are seen at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

People try an insect snack (meal worm pralines) during a break in the lecture given by Professor Arnold van Huis at the University of Wageningen January 12, 2011.

Mmmm, Dessert People try an insect snack (meal worm pralines) during a break in the lecture given by Professor Arnold van Huis at the University of Wageningen January 12, 2011. People try an insect snack (meal worm pralines) during a break in the lecture given by Professor Arnold van Huis at the University of Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

Le Thanh Tung picks up a fried cricket with his noodles at his farm in Ho Chi Minh city September 13, 2006. Breeders of crickets say the insects have became "fingers food for beer drinkers" in an age of increasing prosperity in Vietnam compared with the r

One Sticky Wicket Le Thanh Tung picks up a fried cricket with his noodles at his farm in Ho Chi Minh city September 13, 2006. Breeders of crickets say the insects have became "fingers food for beer drinkers" in an age of increasing prosperity in Vietnam compared with the r Le Thanh Tung picks up a fried cricket with his noodles at his farm in Ho Chi Minh city September 13, 2006. Breeders of crickets say the insects have became "fingers food for beer drinkers" in an age of increasing prosperity in Vietnam compared with the recent past when they might have been food for the hungry or for wartime soldiers surviving in the jungle. REUTERS/Kham

Crickets breeder Le Thanh Tung (R) and driver Nguyen Trong Thanh look at a table which displays cooked crickets at a farm in Ho Chi Minh city in 2006.

Beer Bugs Crickets breeder Le Thanh Tung (R) and driver Nguyen Trong Thanh look at a table which displays cooked crickets at a farm in Ho Chi Minh city in 2006. Crickets breeder Le Thanh Tung (R) and driver Nguyen Trong Thanh look at a table which displays cooked crickets at a farm in Ho Chi Minh city in 2006. REUTERS/Kham

An insect vendor packages silkworm pupae for a client at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. From three-wheeled carts or shiny metal stalls, the Thai capital's insect sellers serve fried grasshoppers, water bugs, giant flies, larvae, mealworms and red ant pup

Silky Smooth An insect vendor packages silkworm pupae for a client at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. From three-wheeled carts or shiny metal stalls, the Thai capital's insect sellers serve fried grasshoppers, water bugs, giant flies, larvae, mealworms and red ant pup An insect vendor packages silkworm pupae for a client at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. From three-wheeled carts or shiny metal stalls, the Thai capital's insect sellers serve fried grasshoppers, water bugs, giant flies, larvae, mealworms and red ant pupae to a diverse and appreciative clientele. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Hopping to It Fried grasshoppers fried in pandan leaf are packaged for sale at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. Fried grasshoppers fried in pandan leaf are packaged for sale at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

After fighting erupted between Thai and Cambodian troops, a Thai evacuee eats chrysalis with rice at a makeshift refugee camp at a school in Surin province about 19 miles from the Thai-Cambodia border April 24, 2011.

Kafka-esque? After fighting erupted between Thai and Cambodian troops, a Thai evacuee eats chrysalis with rice at a makeshift refugee camp at a school in Surin province about 19 miles from the Thai-Cambodia border April 24, 2011. After fighting erupted between Thai and Cambodian troops, a Thai evacuee eats chrysalis with rice at a makeshift refugee camp at a school in Surin province about 19 miles from the Thai-Cambodia border April 24, 2011. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

A Thai mother and her daughter stop to buy fried crickets, worms and grasshoppers at one of 31 supermarket outlets of the Insects Inter chain at Bangkok's Central Plaza Shopping Mall in 2002. Insects Inter chain founder Satapol Polprapas watches from behi

Not Your Normal Deli Counter A Thai mother and her daughter stop to buy fried crickets, worms and grasshoppers at one of 31 supermarket outlets of the Insects Inter chain at Bangkok's Central Plaza Shopping Mall in 2002. Insects Inter chain founder Satapol Polprapas watches from behi A Thai mother and her daughter stop to buy fried crickets, worms and grasshoppers at one of 31 supermarket outlets of the Insects Inter chain at Bangkok's Central Plaza Shopping Mall in 2002. Insects Inter chain founder Satapol Polprapas watches from behind his insect kiosk. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

A Thai man poses while drinking a glass of rice wine with a scorpion in the village of Baan Niyomchai in Lopburi province, about 155 miles north of Bangkok, on January 28, 2002. Villagers there are found of wine fermented with scorpions, believing the ins

That Drink Has Quite a Bite A Thai man poses while drinking a glass of rice wine with a scorpion in the village of Baan Niyomchai in Lopburi province, about 155 miles north of Bangkok, on January 28, 2002. Villagers there are found of wine fermented with scorpions, believing the ins A Thai man poses while drinking a glass of rice wine with a scorpion in the village of Baan Niyomchai in Lopburi province, about 155 miles north of Bangkok, on January 28, 2002. Villagers there are found of wine fermented with scorpions, believing the insects can cure various diseases and improve sexual potency. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

A pot of deep-fried silkworms are put into the pot at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 as a plate of mole crickets sits nearby, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional value an

Everything Tastes Good Deep-Fried A pot of deep-fried silkworms are put into the pot at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 as a plate of mole crickets sits nearby, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional value an A pot of deep-fried silkworms are put into the pot at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 as a plate of mole crickets sits nearby, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional value and low cost, defying the belief that insects should not be on the dining table because they are dirty, poisonous or can spread diseases, bug suppliers in Thailand are finding it hard to keep up with demand with markets as far afield as Japan. REUTERS

A U.S. firm presented a transparent lollipop with an insect larva inside at Europe's largest food fair in Paris in 1996. A representative for Hotlix, a Texas food supplier, claims that kids like to show them to other kids and treat it like a dare, but als

How Many Licks? A U.S. firm presented a transparent lollipop with an insect larva inside at Europe's largest food fair in Paris in 1996. A representative for Hotlix, a Texas food supplier, claims that kids like to show them to other kids and treat it like a dare, but als A U.S. firm presented a transparent lollipop with an insect larva inside at Europe's largest food fair in Paris in 1996. A representative for Hotlix, a Texas food supplier, claims that kids like to show them to other kids and treat it like a dare, but also claim that they are full of nutrition and good to eat. Hotlix also markets small packets of similar dried insect larva with cheese flavouring sold as a quick snack. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon

Jarung Zatung, nine, takes a bite of a deep-fried scorpion at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 over a bowl of deep-fried silkworms, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional valu

It's in My Nature Jarung Zatung, nine, takes a bite of a deep-fried scorpion at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 over a bowl of deep-fried silkworms, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional valu Jarung Zatung, nine, takes a bite of a deep-fried scorpion at a Bangkok "bug" restaurant February 5 over a bowl of deep-fried silkworms, some of many species on the menu that are considered a delicacy. As more Thais learn of some insects' nutritional value and low cost, defying the belief that insects should not be on the dining table because they are dirty, poisonous or can spread diseases, bug suppliers in Thailand are finding it hard to keep up with demand with markets as far afield as Japan. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang

A typical dish in ant sauce is seen in the restaurant Color de Hormiga in Barichara May 19, 2009. Every year during the April-June season thousands of Colombian farmers and inhabitants of Santander province collect ants culonas (Atta Laevigata) as part of

It's All Gravy A typical dish in ant sauce is seen in the restaurant Color de Hormiga in Barichara May 19, 2009. Every year during the April-June season thousands of Colombian farmers and inhabitants of Santander province collect ants culonas (Atta Laevigata) as part of A typical dish in ant sauce is seen in the restaurant Color de Hormiga in Barichara May 19, 2009. Every year during the April-June season thousands of Colombian farmers and inhabitants of Santander province collect ants culonas (Atta Laevigata) as part of a traditional ritual in the region. The ants, named "Culonas" for their big size, are cooked and sold as exotic, specialized food. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez

Anne Schlachter, a 20 year-old student bites into a grasshopper in Berlin March 11, 2002. The eastern Berlin restaurant 'Soda' has begun to offer various insects such as grasshoppers, worms and crickets on its menu under the seasonal motto "The big crawl

The Big Crawl Anne Schlachter, a 20 year-old student bites into a grasshopper in Berlin March 11, 2002. The eastern Berlin restaurant 'Soda' has begun to offer various insects such as grasshoppers, worms and crickets on its menu under the seasonal motto "The big crawl Anne Schlachter, a 20 year-old student bites into a grasshopper in Berlin March 11, 2002. The eastern Berlin restaurant 'Soda' has begun to offer various insects such as grasshoppers, worms and crickets on its menu under the seasonal motto "The big crawl begins". A grasshopper meal called "The Flying Dutchman" is served on curry rice and vegetables for about 8 euros, or $11 dollars. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

A Chinese cook calls customers to try fried scorpions at an alley in China's capital Beijing August 18, 2002. The scorpion stick sells for 8 yuan each (about one U.S. dollar). China has one of the most diverse cuisines in the world.

The Scorpion King A Chinese cook calls customers to try fried scorpions at an alley in China's capital Beijing August 18, 2002. The scorpion stick sells for 8 yuan each (about one U.S. dollar). China has one of the most diverse cuisines in the world. A Chinese cook calls customers to try fried scorpions at an alley in China's capital Beijing August 18, 2002. The scorpion stick sells for 8 yuan each (about one U.S. dollar). China has one of the most diverse cuisines in the world. REUTERS/Claro Cortes