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Café Insecta 2011

Come to Café Insecta to get your own taste of entomophagy (the practice of eating bugs)! Café Insecta has been the center of BugFest since the beginning, and each year it just keeps getting better. Café Insecta opens at 10:30 am, and closes when the food runs out! So come early to enjoy buggy dishes prepared by these local businesses:

Acro Café

Cricket & Crawfish Jambalaya
Mealworm Maque Choux

Market Restaurant

Chirps and Superworm Salsa

Spize Café

Cricket Costini with Thai Peanut Cream
Lemongrass Toasted Waxworm Spring Salad

Thai Villa

Chirping Chilli Sauce
Ice Age - Thai Jelly w/ Mealworms

Whole Foods Market

Mealworm & Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mealworm & Cricket Cranberry Chocolate Bark

Event participants are subject to change without notice.

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