Brooklyn chef’s mission: To popularize dishes made with insects
Joseph Yoon, executive director of Brooklyn Bugs has a mission: to make eating insects accepted in the mainstream culinary world.
According to Forbes, Yoon, chef at Yummy Eats and Dinner Echo, first became interested in the subject in May 2017, when he was approached by artist Miru Kim, who was working on a project called “Phobia/Phagia” in which she conquers her fear of bugs by consuming them.
After Yoon started reading up on the subject, he became hooked. He put together the first annual Brooklyn Bugs Festival on Labor Day 2017, Forbes reported. Since then, he has been publicized by The New York Times, “Live With Kelly and Ryan,” Food and Wine, Fox 5’s “Good Day NY” and others.
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