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        Lidia Celebrates America
            Taste Testing with Crickets
In Minneapolis, MN, Claire and Chad Simons strive to make edible insects more accessible to the American palate with their company, 3 Cricketeers. Insects represent sustainable protein and are consumed by two billion people worldwide. Watch, as Lidia visits the 3 Cricketeer’ test kitchen to taste-test a new pasta made with cricket powder and cricket pesto.
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