Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines – toasted grasshoppers – stand out as a beloved seasonal treat that follows the start of the rainy season, ...

Grasshoppers are comical-looking bugs with massive jumping legs and wings that help them sail away from you or another danger. How great would it be to simply glide away from people you didn’t want to ...

Eating toasted grasshoppers in parts of Mexico, a food once derided as only for poor people, is now celebrated as a delicacy by visiting tourists from the United States and elsewhere. In the book, ...