Cicada sushi, anyone? When culinary adventure begins by collecting tastiest-looking bugs
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Last Updated: May 25, 2021, 12:30 PM IST
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WASHINGTON: After 17 years underground, swarms of cicadas are emerging across the eastern United States - and for one Washington chef, the rare bug invasion was his cue for a cookout, with a side of food ethics.
Bun Lai, an advocate for the sustainable food movement, invited locals for an insect hunt in a city park followed by a taste of his fried cicada sushi. In a world where we re suffering from the biggest pandemic in history - which is not Covid, but diet-related diseases - we re going to have to take a revolutionary approach to how we re used to eating, he said.