The rise of 'ento-veganism': how eating crickets could help save the world

They are a great source of protein and taste like beef or lamb when cooked. So are our kitchens and restaurants finally ready for the insect revolution?It is a warm summer afternoon in Finsbury Park, north London, and I am sitting in a restaurant preparing to eat a cricket ball. Fortunately for me, the object on the end of my fork is not five and a half ounces of cork, string and red leather; it's only a meatball made out of crickets. Either way, it sounds like I just lost a bet.But the cricket ball is delicious. On the other plates in front of me are a roasted vegetable salad with Moroccan-spiced minced cricket and pasta served with a cricket brisket. I find myself nibbling at all of it continuously, spoiling the photographer's tidy composition. Continue reading...