4 h. ago Want a healthier Thanksgiving? Experts suggest these four swaps to your plate

Americans eat between 2,100 and 3,000 calories at Thanksgiving dinner on average

Science

4 d. ago ‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch

In India’s Mizoram state, people have an intricate system of harvesting and consuming the pungent and nutritious bugsEvery few years when Udonga montana, a bamboo-feeding stink bug, erupts in massive swarms, the people of the Mizo community in northern India don’t reach for pesticides. Instead, they look for baskets.Locally, this small brown stink bug is called thangnang. Outsiders see them as an infestation but in the bamboo forests of Mizoram state this small brown bug has long been woven into the food culture. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Cruise passengers sue Carnival over alleged bed bug infestation

An attorney representing the pair said they had suffered ‘painful injuries, emotional distress, property damage and long-term anxiety about travel and lodging’

Politics

2 w. ago Social media food trend sees diners flock to eateries 100 miles away

The rise of social media has led to the creation of a new food trend

Politics

3 w. ago Judge to weigh plea deal of funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

A Colorado funeral home owner has taken a plea deal after stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building

Events

3 w. ago I've eaten at all 5 Welsh pubs named on the top 100 list and there's one missing

The Good Food Guide has announced his inaugral top 100 pubs and five Welsh ones made the cut

Events

4 w. ago Residents in south London flat blocks say they are 'living in hell' amid bug infestation

Bed bugs and ants have infested a number of flat blocks in the area, as have cockroaches and mice in the past

Politics