I want to start off by saying that I recently got into meal planning after the birth of my first child—who is now about 3 months new, woo-hoo! Baby tax: Isn’t he cute!!? That being said, after a brutal first week back to work, I realized that I’d have to prioritize my time and that…

Check this out: Discovery World, MASA and the Bug Whisperer have joined forces to promote their mutual missions of advancing science literacy to the community with the Gateway Science Tour! Tony’s Creepy Crawly Zoo, the world’s greatest traveling live insect exhibit, will be back on tour, performing monthly at Milwaukee’s premier science center for kids,…

A friend had told me she and her wife were going to the state fair and she mentioned she’d be trying the cricket nachos (knowing I love me some crickets). I had to check it out and, sure enough, you can try cricket chips and cricket nachos at the Wisconsin State Fair! I love that…

I’m excited to announce that I, along with some other awesome volunteers, will be working with Tony Gustin to help inspire children to be curious, creative, and seek out information that interests them, hopefully leading them down a rabbit hole of discovery.  Tony published the following post–that can be read here–about his experiences in entomology…

This blog started as a means to demonstrate the value of insects, arthropods, and other little critters and evolved into a consolidation of my research and experiences in the form of a research paper. It’s featured in Brill’s Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. The research presented is centered on my ideas about how we can…

Eating Insects Detroit has been an amazing experience. I have gained an incredible amount of insight and am even more passionate about promoting awareness to share the numerous benefits of entomophagy. There were so many excellent presentations; I don’t know where to begin. I’ll be writing in more depth about Eating Insects Detroit once I…

This recipe came about as the result of an accident I had when I first made wax worms; fortunately for you, that recipe never made it onto The Entocurean. At any rate, without that repulsive recipe, I wouldn’t have realized that baked wax worms have almost the same consistency and texture as Cheetos. Only, unlike…

So, disclaimer: I was just trying to stick to the Valentine’s Day theme…I made hearts out of a pear. I tried. It took longer than it should have. Another disclaimer: these didn’t really turn out tasting very much like pear. Happily, they also didn’t taste like avocado. I have never baked with avocado, and made this with…

It’s been a while since my last post; I’ve been pretty busy with musical side projects, but apparently not so busy that I couldn’t post a quick brunch recipe. At any rate….a couple of weeks ago, I tried something new with some circular bread dipping dishes that my best friend’s parents gave me.  Let me tell you, these…

So, the fam has been inquiring a lot about my ento-concoctions and–since I’m leaving for Michigan tomorrow to visit them for the holidays–I figured I should probably deliver on what I’ve been promising them: insects are delicious! I decided to go with something in which the crickets I used would blend easily (thus, not frightening my…

Unfortunately, I didn’t get around to posting anything for Thanksgiving. The fam, obviously, isn’t too keen on insect dishes. I did, however, have lots of leftover potatoes and sage and had a hankering for potato stacks.  That, paired with my love for mealworms, resulted in a new recipe. These are insanely easy to make and…

My buddy’s band BoneHawk was in town to play a show in Milwaukee last night, and, since I knew they’d be crashing with us, I stocked up on groceries to make some brunch before they hit the road and drove back to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Morning came, and they said it was too early for food, so after…