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The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook

40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin

by David George Gordon, Chugrad McAndrews and Karen Luke Fildes

Paperback, 126 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $16.99 |

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Title: The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook
Subtitle: 40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin
Author: David George Gordon, Chugrad McAndrews, et al

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The go-to resource for anyone interested in becoming an entomological epicure that established insect cuisine as the new food frontier.

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These Pictures Might Tempt You To Eat Bugs

Gordon recommends dusting the deep-fried tarantula spider with smoked paprika. Chugrad McAndrews/Reprinted with permission from The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook hide caption

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Chugrad McAndrews/Reprinted with permission from The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook

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These Pictures Might Tempt You To Eat Bugs

July 18, 2013 • "Presentation is everything," says David George Gordon. In his revised Eat-A-Bug cookbook, the author offers recipes designed to please the palate and tempt the eyes. Insect "food porn" has arrived.