{"id":20358,"date":"2017-08-13T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T01:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?page_id=20358"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:32:47","slug":"cafe-insecta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/cafe-insecta\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Insecta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cafe_Insecta_NIK_4733_edited_570.jpg\" alt=\"Young man being served at Cafe Insecta\" width=\"570\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Get your own taste of entomophagy \u2014 the practice of eating bugs! Try bug-filled dishes prepared by local chefs while learning about the health and environmental benefits of this crunchy (and surprisingly delicious) practice. Caf\u00e9 Insecta has been the center of BugFest since the event started more than 20 years ago and each year it just keeps getting better.<\/p>\n<p>Opening at 10am and closing when the food runs out \u2014 come early and vote on your favorite dish. \u00a0Museum Members get to use the Fast Lane, so\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.ticketapp.org\/portal\/pages\/membership\">join today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>Participating Restaurants<\/h2>\n<p>Every year Caf\u00e9 Insecta plays host to adventurous chefs from all over the Triangle who try their hand at crafting a dish using insects. Chefs hand out samples of their dish to up to 3,000 event guests, who then vote on their favorite concoction!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>CocoCrissi Tropical Icees<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">Taste a perfected recipe of authentic New York Style Italian ice made in house and not store bought!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>Jolly&#8217;s Catering and Events<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">Serving American soul food with a Jolly spin.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>Jolly&#8217;s Snack Box <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">American style desserts \u2014 it&#8217;s good, ain&#8217;t it?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>Levy&#8217;s Jerkstand<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">An authentic Jamaican cuisine restaurant and food truck adding a taste of spice, one customer at a time. Located throughout the Raleigh\/Durham\/Knightdale area on wheels.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>Mr. Puebla Tacos<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">Serving up authentic Mexican street food with a delicious twist, this food truck is based out of Wake County. Some of our customer&#8217;s favorite menu items include the Philly Tacos, ACP and Brisket Poppers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"movie-block row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h3>SoulBachi, Inc<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8\">A hibachi food truck that offers chicken, shrimp and brisket. Our feature dish is delicious hibachi nachos.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get your own taste of entomophagy \u2014 the practice of eating bugs! Try bug-filled dishes prepared by local chefs while learning about the health and environmental benefits of this crunchy (and surprisingly delicious) practice. Caf\u00e9 Insecta has been the center of BugFest since the event started more than 20 years ago and each year it&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/cafe-insecta\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"bugfest.php","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}