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Read the main feature story on insects here. Would you fancy grasshopper gumbo? Perhaps mushroom hors d’oeuvres topped with a batter-dipped and lightly fried dragonfly—in season, of course—drizzled with a sauce of Dijon mustard, soy and butter? These are among recipes that self-taught insect chef Zack Lemann has whipped up as possible menu items for Bug Appétit. This restaurant offering bugged dining will be a permanent feature of the Audubon Nature Institute’s Insectarium. Celebrating insects and other arthropods, the 23,000-square-foot museum will open June 13 in Ne...

The purchase price is often but a small part of the true cost of many animal products in the diet.

The United Nations wants more people to appreciate the potato's potential to fight world hunger.

Common food colorings and the preservative sodium benzoate have the potential to foster hyperactivity and inattentiveness in children, a new study finds. (p. 349)

A sugarlike substance in the roots of lettuce may attract food-poisoning bacteria. (p. 301)