Edible, Daniella Martin
Edible, Daniella Martin
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Edible
An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet

Author: Daniella Martin

Narrator: Daniella Martin

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 02/11/2014


Synopsis

Insects. They’re what’s for dinner. Can you imagine a world in which that simple statement is not only true but in fact an unremarkable part of daily life? Daniella Martin, entomophagist and blogger, can.In this rollicking excursion into the world of edible insects, Martin takes us to the front lines of the next big trend in the global food movement and shows us how insects just might be the key to solving world hunger. Along the way, we sample moth larvae tacos at the Don Bugito food cart in San Francisco, travel to Copenhagen to meet the experimental tasters at Noma’s Nordic Food Lab, gawk at the insects stocked in the frozen food aisle at Thailand’s Costco, and even crash an underground bug-eating club in Tokyo.Martin argues that bugs have long been an important part of indigenous diets and cuisines around the world, and investigates our own culture’s bias against their use as a food source. She shines a light on the cutting-edge research of Marcel Dicke and other scientists who are only now beginning to determine the nutritional makeup of insects and champion them as an efficient and sustainable food source.Whether you love or hate bugs, Edible will radically change the way you think about the global food crisis and perhaps persuade you that insects are much more than a common pest. For the adventurous, the book includes an illustrated list of edible insects, recipes, and instructions on how to raise bugs at home.

About Daniella Martin

DANIELLA MARTIN is a certified entomophagist, or bug-eating expert. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, The New Yorker, The Wall Streeet Journal, SF Weekly, AOL News and has inspired an episode of The Simpsons.www.girlmeetsbug.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samantha on March 29, 2023

Interested in reading more current books on the subject. Great starter guide! Gonna go eat bugs🤠......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 27, 2015

Non-fiction at its finest I enjoyed this book. It reminded me of Michael Pollan's books, which I love. The author makes a compelling case for eating insects, and she definitely changed my perceptions. But what I loved most was her writing style. It's just beautiful, and I don't say that about much no......more

Goodreads review by Atila on January 03, 2016

O tema é muito legal, curti a ideia de que comer insetos é uma das soluções pro impacto que estamos causando. Fiquei curioso para experimentar, recomendo para quem se interessa também. Até aí o livro é excelente. Mas é um argumento que se desenrola muito mais rapidamente do que um livro demanda. O r......more

Goodreads review by Dean on October 10, 2019

A fun and enlightening read. This looks like just another Bug Cookbook, but it's anything but. Yes, there are recipes at the end, but this is as much about sustainability and the environment as it is anything else. This is a much more solid and well written book than the advertising or book jacket l......more


Quotes

“Never didactic, Martin gently nudges readers toward open-mindedness at the prospect of eating bugs: “Why not make the best of what we have the most of?” Regardless of readers’ culinary proclivities, Martin’s lively book poses timely questions while offering tasty solutions.” Kirkus Reviews

“In this chatty, informative, and eminently readable manifesto–cum–food travelogue, Martin takes the reader along as she talks to chefs who cook with insects, muses about vegetarianism and veganism (and why being a vegan ultimately won’t work), collects corn earworms from a community farm, rhapsodizes on the flavor of sautéed waxworms, and, in general, turns us on to eating bugs.” Booklist

“It’s not easy for most Americans to see this, but insects are going to be a far bigger part of our menus in the next 25 years. Daniella Martin’s Edible is a fun, articulate look at the world of entomophagy, and the arguments for adding insects to our diet.” —Josh Schonwald, author of The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food