French restaurant serves up food of the future: insects
Laurent Veyet's tasting menu is not for the timid, but may be indicative of how to feed a growing global population - a prawn salad with yellow mealworms, crunchy bugs atop a bed of vegetables and chocolate-covered grasshoppers. As the sun shone down on the outdoor restaurant terraces in Paris, Veyet's elaborate dishes were met with approving nods and murmurs of delight from his daring diners. “It's the perfect dish for first-timers,” the Parisian chef said, presenting a plate of pasta made with mealworm flour, sweet potato and sautéed insect larvae. “There are some really interesting flavors. Not many people could say they don't like that.”0
