Joseph Yoon Archives - Our Funny Little Site Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 This Account Promotes Edible Insects as Part of Your Diet https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/this-account-promotes-edible-insects-as-part-of-your-diet/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:32:05 +0000 https://ourfunnylittlesite.com/?p=7093 Brooklyn Bugs’ mission is to raise awareness and appreciation for edible insects through their creative programs. Their goal is to promote edible insects as a sustainable source of protein that can be found in your pantry, eaten as a snack, and beautifully prepared by chefs. Joseph Yoon, chef and owner of Yummy Eats and Dinner […]

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]]> Brooklyn Bugs’ mission is to raise awareness and appreciation for edible insects through their creative programs. Their goal is to promote edible insects as a sustainable source of protein that can be found in your pantry, eaten as a snack, and beautifully prepared by chefs.

Joseph Yoon, chef and owner of Yummy Eats and Dinner Echo, is the executive director of Brooklyn Bugs. When artist Miru Kim asked Yoon to cook her insects, Yoon immediately got interested in edible insects.

He organized the inaugural Brooklyn Bugs Festival in 2017. Yoon discovered a 2013 report done by the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations that stated that insects “provide food at low environmental cost, contribute positively to livelihoods, and play a fundamental role in nature,” as reported by Forbes.

According to FAO, the practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, should be encouraged for these reasons:

Health

Insects are naturally healthy, nutritious and rich in protein, good fats, and vitamins. In some countries and regions, insects are traditionally part of their diets.

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Thanks to @boroughbees who provided us with samples of two types of honey for this dish at @nysci #bugday—Honeycomb, vespula flaviceps (Japanese Wasps from @entomarket), honeycrisp apple, grapes, fig, and daikon sprouts. The lighter honey is spring honey, and likely from a tree honey (probably Linden), and the darker honey was from the fall and comes from a variety of late blooming flowers, such as Japanese knotweed. According to Borough Bees, different flower sources tend to produce honey with different flavors and colors—generally spring honey is light in both color and flavor, while fall honeys are dark and more flavorful due to higher mineral and complex sugar content. #themoreyouknow #brooklynbugs

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Environmental

Edible insects emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases than most livestock. They are also very efficient at converting feed into protein.

Livelihood

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]]> Brooklyn Bugs’ mission is to raise awareness and appreciation for edible insects through their creative programs. Their goal is to promote edible insects as a sustainable source of protein that can be found in your pantry, eaten as a snack, and beautifully prepared by chefs.

Joseph Yoon, chef and owner of Yummy Eats and Dinner Echo, is the executive director of Brooklyn Bugs. When artist Miru Kim asked Yoon to cook her insects, Yoon immediately got interested in edible insects.

He organized the inaugural Brooklyn Bugs Festival in 2017. Yoon discovered a 2013 report done by the Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations that stated that insects “provide food at low environmental cost, contribute positively to livelihoods, and play a fundamental role in nature,” as reported by Forbes.

According to FAO, the practice of eating insects, known as entomophagy, should be encouraged for these reasons:

Health

Insects are naturally healthy, nutritious and rich in protein, good fats, and vitamins. In some countries and regions, insects are traditionally part of their diets.

View this post on Instagram

Thanks to @boroughbees who provided us with samples of two types of honey for this dish at @nysci #bugday—Honeycomb, vespula flaviceps (Japanese Wasps from @entomarket), honeycrisp apple, grapes, fig, and daikon sprouts. The lighter honey is spring honey, and likely from a tree honey (probably Linden), and the darker honey was from the fall and comes from a variety of late blooming flowers, such as Japanese knotweed. According to Borough Bees, different flower sources tend to produce honey with different flavors and colors—generally spring honey is light in both color and flavor, while fall honeys are dark and more flavorful due to higher mineral and complex sugar content. #themoreyouknow #brooklynbugs

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Environmental

Edible insects emit significantly fewer greenhouse gases than most livestock. They are also very efficient at converting feed into protein.

Livelihood

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