Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. Curtis died Friday “after a sudden illness,” his daughter, Sarah, announced in a Facebook post. “I’m heartbroken to tell you that my dad Sonny passed away yesterday … Read more
The cricket from the block. Jennifer Lopez’s performance in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sunday went viral after a massive cricket crawled up her dress in the middle of the concert. While Lopez, 56, sang into a microphone on stage, the cricket could be seen crawling up her black dress to her neck. Jennifer Lopez performs in … Read more
This tip may bug some parents. In a new essay for Insider, food writer Tiffany Leigh revealed that she feeds her 18-month-old daughter crickets as a source of protein — claiming it saves her hundreds on grocery bills. The Toronto-based mom started to supplement her daughter’s more costly protein diet of beef, chicken, and pork … Read more
Forget that summertime favorite “bug juice,” a German eatery is adding bugs to ice cream — crickets, to be exact Eiscafé Rino in the southern city of Rottenburg introduced cricket-flavored ice cream topped with the dried insects themselves this week. Owner Thomas Micolin created the delicacy, and proudly posed with it on Instagram. “We’ve literally … Read more
She’s not averse to grabbing some grub. Most people might would balk at finding a bug in their food; however, one South African woman likes adorning her dishes with an array of creepy crawlies straight out of an insect zoo. “I’m obsessed with insects,” Joanne Techow, 30, told NeedToKnow.online of her penchant for entomophagy — … Read more