There is a beach off the coast of Colombia known as Playa Blanca on the island of Isla Baru. Home to sand that runs through your fingers like fine sugar, swaying palm trees and a spectrum of turquoise-blue waters, Playa Blanca is the type of beach you hope to find when flying south of… [Read More]
The New Culinary Frontier: Eating Insects
I imagined my one bite of cricket would prepare me for the stomach-churning menu prepared by chef David George Gordon, known as the “bug chef” for his culinary masterpieces and published book Eat-a-Bug Cookbook. Chef Gordon had prepared (brace yourself) cockroach canapés, tempura tarantulas, bacon-wrapped crickets from Cambodia and Oaxaca grasshopper kebabs.