Kitchen 51
Talking about edible insects
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Beetle in the box
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Insects flour in bakery goods
Due to a rising demand for proteins, food industry is considering new alternative protein sources that can be used for human food. The aim of this research was to explore the potential use of insects flour as protein-rich ingredient for bakery products. Hermetia illucens, Acheta domestica and Tenebrio molitor were ground and used to replace […]
Gabriele Corcos, Chef
Interview with Gabriele Corcos, Chef, writer musician and tv personality (but this list could be longer) Hello Gabriele, tell us a little bit about yourself I’m Gabriele Corcos, I was born in Florence but grew up in the countryside slightly above the valley, in a tiny village called Fiesole. In 2001 I met a woman […]
Cooking insects in Iowa
Interview with Javon Latimore, photographer, entomologist and cooking instructor Tell us a little about you and how you met the edible insects world While attending Iowa State University, I learned that we have the 3rd largest entomological literature collection in the nation. I believe I was in the library the following few days exploring my […]
A peculiar dinner
Entomophagy is currently a hot topic on newspapers and the media, especially after January 1st 2018, when the European Parliament approved the Regulation 2015/2283, in which the entire category of insects (“food consisting of, isolated from or produced from animals or their parts”) was formally included among Novel foods. After one year of research about […]
Maria Clemente joined our team
I am Maria, I’m 26 and I am an evolutionary biologist with the passion for insects’ world; and I talk about “world” thinking of the incredible variety of ecological niches that insects can colonize. At the beginning, I got interested into the use of insects as food and feed because of their key potential in […]
