Meaty, cheesy, coconutty: a chef’s quest to prove insects taste delicious

Some people might shy away from eating bugs off their plates, but Chef Joseph Yoon is popularizing the age-old practice of entomophagy - with mouthwatering results

Chef Joseph Yoon is used to people reacting negatively to his creations: he's watched a child cry when she realized the pumpkin cake in her mouth was made with cricket powder, seen a grown adult spit out his bug-laden bite of food, and endured racist online comments aimed at him for suggesting that scorpions or mealworms are worth eating.

But none of that seems to faze Yoon. If anything, it just reaffirms the importance of his work destigmatizing entomophagy. As the founder of Brooklyn Bugs and a self-described edible insect ambassador", Yoon is on a mission to prove that eating bugs is good for the planet - and the palate.