What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer July 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Now Playing: Billions of people around the globe regularly eat insects, but they're not commonly found in Western diets. All of that could change as the Earth's growing population puts more pressure on global food production. (July 15) Video: Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tiziana Di Costanzo makes pizza dough from scratch, mixing together flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, a dash of olive oil and something a bit more unusual — ground acheta domesticus, better known as cricket powder. Di Costanzo is an edible insect entrepreneur who holds cricket and mealworm cooking classes at her West London home, where she also raises the critters in a backyard shed with her husband, Tom Mohan.