U.S. President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up as he celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a pint of Guinness during a stop at the Dubliner Irish pub in Washington, March 17, 2012. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
U.S. President Barack Obama gives a thumbs-up as he celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a pint of Guinness during a stop at the Dubliner Irish pub in Washington, March 17, 2012. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
A wonderful example of good portraiture, and so Halloween-themed to boot!
In this Oct. 12, 2011 photo, David Klein, a man who invented the Jelly Belly, poses for photos in Covina, Calif. Klein is the Willie Wonka of this small Los Angeles suburb, joyfully leading children and their parents past mounds of chewy, crunchy, sugary confections with names like Sandy Candy, Zombie Heart and Gummy Bacon. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Gardener Peter Glazebrook poses for photographers with his world record-breaking onion at The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show on September 16, 2011 in Harrogate, England. Peter Glazebrook from Newark, Nottinghamshire claimed a Guinness World Record with his giant onion weighing 8.150kg. (Getty Images/Christopher Furlong)
Indian youth make a human pyramid to reach and break the ‘Dahi Handi’, an earthen pot filled with yoghurt, as they celebrate Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Hindu God Krishna in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Two, because we couldn't pick just one today...
A woman fills a net with clams during low tide on Lantau island, Hong Kong, on July 3, 2011. Whether for business or pleasure, the tradition of digging for clams is a regular draw for residents of Hong Kong's outlying islands. Bounty hunters prepared to spend hours hunched over barnacled rocks can expect a sure reward for their currency of clams from the ever-present nearby seafood establisments only too happy to serve up a hard-won catch. (AFP/Getty Images/Ed Jones)
Burqa-clad Taliban militants, who were arrested by Afghan Border Police, are presented to the media at the Afghan Border Police head quarter in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, July 4, 2011. In the district of Nazyan in the restive eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghan Border Police arrested seven insurgents travelling by car from Pakistan, said Aminullah Amerkhail, the eastern region border chief. All of them were dressed as women and at least one was strapped with an explosive vest. The border police confiscated six AK-47 rifles. Five of them men were Pakistani and two were Afghans. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
All you need to do to save the rainforest, improve your diet, better your health, cut global carbon emissions and slash your food budget is eat bugs. Mealworm quiche, grasshopper springrolls and cuisine made from other creepy crawlies is the answer to the global food crisis, shrinking land and water resources and climate-changing carbon emissions, Dutch scientist Arnold van Huis says. To attract more insect-eaters, Van Huis and his team of scientists at Wageningen have worked with a local cooking school to produce a cookbook and suitable recipes.
Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.
A student prepares mealworm quiches at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Mealworm quiches are seen at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
A student prepares a spring roll with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Buffalo worms crawl around on the palm of a hand at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Beetles crawl around in a container at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
Various stages of beetles crawl around on the palm of a hand at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
A student prepares spring rolls filled with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
