Cricket, anyone?

• Position: FOOD - Bugs as food - Brief article

Moth larvae tacos are on the menu at Don Bugito in San Francisco, mealworm salsa is served at Bug Appetit in New Orleans, and chocolate-covered grasshoppers are a popular dessert at the Bug Fest in Raleigh, North Carolina. Why are bugs creeping onto menus all over the U.S.? Some insects have more protein than beef, and breeding them for food takes up fewer resources. They also appeal to people with allergies (since they're gluten free). Bugs are already an essential part of diets in 80 percent of the world, and the United Nations sees insects as...