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This undated photo provided by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows a plate with insects during an insect cuisine competition at an unknown location in Laos. The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday, May 13, 2013, hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an underutilized food for people, livestock and pets. A 200-page report, released at a news conference at the U.N. agency's Rome headquarters, says 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diets with insects, which are high in protein and minerals, and have environmental benefits.  (AP Photo/Thomas Calame, FAO, ho)

UN says: Why not eat more insects?

The report noted that some caterpillars in southern Africa and weaver ant eggs in Southeast Asia are considered delicacies and command high prices

This photo provided by Laura King shows a receipt for dinner at Sogno di Vino in Kingston, Wash. To Laura King, her three children were acting normal while enjoying dinner at the Italian restaurant in their hometown in Washington state. But staffers of the restaurant were so impressed at her children's table manners that they thanked her kids and gave the family of five a bowl of ice cream. It wasn't until King got home that that she noticed a $4 "well-behaved kids" discount on her receipt to cover the dessert. (AP Photo)

Kids rewarded for good manners at Washington restaurant

"Everybody in my generation was raised to behave in restaurants," he said. "That parenting skills have been forgotten in some cases."

Whatever your diet style there’s a cookbook for it

Whatever your diet style there’s a cookbook for it

The 2012 crop of healthy eating books runs the gamut from secrets of the rich and famous to levelheaded lifestyle recommendations and quick-loss programs. Here are a few that crossed our desks

This Sept. 8, 2011 file photo shows Hasbro's newest version of their famous "Easy Bake Oven" in Pawtucket, R.I.  Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the way

She was prompted to start the petition after shopping for an Easy-Bake as a Christmas present for her 4-year-old brother, Gavyn Boscio, and finding them only in purple and pink.

This is a  Jan. 14, 2006 file photo of a street vendor selling regional smoked cheese 'oscypek '  in Zakopane, Poland. Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey from the sixth millennium B.C., according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of cheese-making. Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine what they were used for. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves were used to make cheese, beer or honey. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago

"This is the smoking gun," said Paul Kindstedt, a professor of nutrition and food sciences at the University of Vermont and author of "Cheese and Culture." He was not involved in the study.

Ronnie Brown, aka "The Gumbo Lady," adds onions, celery and parsley to her gumbo Tuesday at Vermilionville's restaurant, La Cuisine de Maman in Lafayette, La. (AP Photo)

‘First you make a roux’ not true of early gumbo

"There are as many types of gumbo as there are people in south Louisiana."

This Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 photo shows strips of cooked Bacon at a home in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A British farming organization is predicting a worldwide shortage of bacon and pork in 2013. The National Pig Association says global drought conditions are driving up the price of grain, a major staple in hog feed. It says pig farmers around the world are selling their herds because retail prices are not rising fast enough to cover the cost of record-high pig-feed costs. (The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

Bacon shortage ‘baloney,’ but prices to rise

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bacon lovers can relax. They’ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take …

NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030s

NASA builds menu for planned Mars mission in 2030s

Already, Cooper's team of three has come up with about 100 recipes, all vegetarian because the astronauts will not have dairy or meat products available. It isn't possible to preserve those products long enough to take to Mars — and bringing a cow on the mission is not an option, Cooper jokes.

CU students hoping to improve food for astronauts

BOULDER | Students at the University of Colorado are hoping to help astronauts get better meals. Students and faculty experts are working on robots that …

Dairies pamper cows with massages, waterbeds

Dairies pamper cows with massages, waterbeds

Cow comfort has become a key concern for the nation's farmers, who have known for generations that contented cows give more milk.