The Spectator USA guide to eating bugs
Why are journalists so excited about eating bugs? This might sound like a preposterous question – a random assortment of nouns and verbs – but you can't move across the internet without stumbling into articles about the joys of insect eating. ‘Why Aren’t We Eating More Insects?’ asked the New York Times last year. ‘Bugs are the protein of the future,’ added HuffPost. ‘Humans will eat maggot sausages as a meat alternative,’ insists the New York Post. What is going on here? And should the Spectator USA get in on the action? Such articles always point out that people across the world eat bugs. The New York Times piece references the ‘legacy of the late writer and TV host Anthony Bourdain’: ‘...
