Look closely at the picture. It’s taken in Matema in east Africa. Do you see the black fuzzy haze just above the horizon?
Here’s another one:
And another:
That’s not smoke. Those are flies.
These lake flies depend on water… Read More
In my new book, I have a section on entomophagy, which is a big word that means eating insects. And entomophagy is a prominent part of my book trailer, if you haven’t had the joy (or stomach) to watch that… Read More
Last week I ate a bug on purpose.
It was a dry-roasted cricket.
One of the central tenets of my Bugged book is that we should all eat more insects, as they’re a good source of protein and leave less… Read More
I recently watched a Simpson’s episode where Lisa develops an iron deficiency as a result of her vegetarianism, and she can’t stomach the iron pills the doctor prescribed. (They clang when she spits them out onto the table.) So she… Read More