Ever bite into a luscious-looking apple only to be rewarded with, ugh, a chunk of mealy pulp? Turns out that other creatures - including B. J. Leiderman, who does our theme music - associate the ...

MARTIN: Ever bite into a yummy-looking apple only to be rewarded with a chunk of nasty, mealy pulp? MARTÍNEZ: Oh, my God. If I expect crisp and instead get squish, it's a bad, bad deal (laughter).

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — They're tastier than they look. Edible insects in the form of wriggling maggots or hairy caterpillars are both delicacy and staple in the Democratic Republic ...

Edible insects in the form ... food. Françoise Lukadi of Farms for Orphans agrees. In a low rectangular building in Kinshasa's main university, shelves are stacked with plastic tubs of palm weevils.