Monthly Archives: October 2009

Of Uncles and Ants

Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia Hormigas Culonas (leaf-cutter ants) Colombia, South America is truly an amazing country with a wide variety of hearty foods and delicacies. What has to rank at the top of the country’s most unusual cuisine are hormigas culonas. … Continue reading

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Jiminy Crickets, That Stings

Santa Monica, California Crickets and Scorpoins (Typhoon)   I have always had this dream of visiting Beijing for the sole purpose of getting a skewer of big, fat roasted scorpions. Scorpions come from the same class as spiders, but as … Continue reading

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