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David George Gordon, Insect Cuisine Pioneer, Dies at 76

The author and TV personality who championed eating bugs through cookbook and boisterous demonstrations has died.

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What to know

  • David George Gordon, a pioneering advocate for insects as food, died on September 21 at age 76.
  • His "Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" and televised cooking demonstrations featuring tarantulas and crickets sought to normalize insect consumption and raise awareness of insects as a sustainable food source.

“His "The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" and boisterous, squirm-inducing cooking demonstrations on late-night television sought to raise the culinary profile of the lowly insect.”

Boston Globe · Boston Globe ↗

David George Gordon Author and TV personality

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    “His "The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook" made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.”
    — New York Times · source

    1. 5 outlets first by NYT, 2d ago · also Boston Globe, NYT Science, NYT Books, NYT Climate · read ↗