The Don Bugito food truck, billed as a "pre-hispanic snackeria," embraces the entomophagy movement and challenges the Western aversion to creepy-crawlies.
Obesity is a serious threat to American health, and nowhere is the need for action more clamant than Mississippi, where 7 out of 10 adults are overweight or obese.
Adjective
food prepared for long-term storage by smoking, drying, or salting
cured
Popular in Iceland, Hakarl is a basking shark that has been cured with a particular fermentation process, hung to dry for five months, and served in cubes on toothpicks.
This maggot-ridden cheese is a delicacy in Sardinia, Italy. Live insect larvae are added to go past fermentation to decomposition, making it soft and gooey.
African farmers are abandoning their cocoa farms for other products that are easier to grow and to monetize, meaning that chocolate could soon become a pricey indulgence.
The term "red herring" refers to a particularly strong kipper, a fish that has been heavily cured in brine and/or smoked, turning the flesh red and giving it a pungent odor.
Verb
put on a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food
Crickets skewered on a stick? Deep-fried scorpions? If you’ve got a craving to try the amazing, the delicious, the downright bizarre, then Beijing’s Donghuamen Night Market is where it’s at.
Noun
outer colored part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as flavoring
Buddha's hand is a fragrant citron whose fruit is segmented into finger-like sections. With no juicy flesh, it's often used for its zest in cooking, and for perfuming rooms and clothing.