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French Restaurant Serves Up Food of the Future: Insects
A French cook is preparing foods with something surprising: insects. The European Union has recently approved some sorts of insects as an acceptable food product. Insects provide many nutrients and are an environmentally friendly food.
The food Laurent Veyet prepares is not for those with little bravery. However, what he is preparing may point to the future of feeding a growing world population.
One of his foods is a prawn salad with yellow mealworms. It includes insects on a bed of vegetables with grasshoppers covered in chocolate, a food usually meant for sweets.
The restaurant is located in Paris among others with outdoor seating and plenty of sunlight. Eaters who are ready to try something different approve of Veyet's complex foods.
The Parisian cook talked about the perfect meal for first-timers. He was preparing a pasta made with crushed mealworms, sweet potatoes and young insects cooked on the stove. He said, "there are some really interesting flavors. Not many people could say they don't like that."
The European Food Safety Agency, EFSA, in January said the mealworm is acceptable for humans to eat. By May, EFSA approved its sale on the market.
The agency is considering more than 12 other requests to approve other insect-based food products. They include crickets and locusts, insects that are usually found in fields.
Mealworms, and insects more generally, could provide a sustainable food source that produces low greenhouse gases for the future.
Soheil Ayari was eating with his two daughters. He approved of the food. He said, "I feel like I am in a traditional restaurant." He said only the idea behind what he ate was different. He continued to say, "and honestly, the tastes are very similar (to traditional food)."
Ayari's young daughter also enjoyed the food: "it's environmentally friendly and, what's more, it's good."
Veyet grows his mealworms on site. He feeds them cooked grains and vegetables. While the mealworm may not look like something worth eating, it is in fact the larvae of the darkling beetle. These beetles are rich in protein, fat and other nutrients.
The mealworm can be used in many different meals. It can be cooked whole and eaten, or it can be ground to help make foods like bread.
Stefan De Keersmaecker is a health and food safety spokesman at the European Commission. He said, "insects are nutritious." He also said that insects can help us change to a more healthy and sustainable diet and food system.
There are two battles Veyet must win. He needs to win over public opinion and learn how to combine the taste of insects with other foods.
He said that he must find the right taste as well as the right food combinations. He said that is very interesting to do and any cook would tell you the same.
I'm Dan Friedell.
重点解析
重点讲解：
1. be ready to do 准备好做某事
Both teams are ready to face off.
两队都准备好了开球。
2. as well as 和...一样；不但...而且
The menu contained traditional favourites as well as more adventurous dishes.
这份菜单有受欢迎的传统菜，也有较为新奇的菜肴。
3. win over 说服；胜诉；争取到...
Mr Mestrallet must also win over Suez's shareholders.
梅斯特雷也必须拉拢苏伊士集团的诸位股东。
4. be rich in 富有...；富含...
Oranges are rich in vitamin C.
橘子含有丰富的维生素C。
参考译文
法国餐馆推新式菜品：昆虫
法国一位厨师正在推出一道令人惊讶的新菜品：昆虫。欧盟最近已经批准将某些种类的昆虫作为可接受的食品产品。昆虫富含多种营养，是一种对环境友好的食物。
韦叶特（Laurent Veyet）推出的食物非勇夫不敢尝试。然而，他所准备的菜品可能预示着养活未来全球不断增长的人口。
他的菜品之一是黄粉虫对虾沙拉。这道菜品包括在蔬菜上的摆放昆虫和裹着巧克力的蚱蜢，这道菜品通常作为甜点。
这家餐厅位于巴黎，有户外座位和充足的阳光。准备尝试不同食物的食客会对韦叶特的复杂菜品给予支持。
这位巴黎厨师谈到了这道第一次推出的完美菜品。他正在准备一种用粉虫末、红薯和在炉子上煮熟的小昆虫做成的意大利面。他说，“有些口味十分新奇。没有多少人说不喜欢这道菜。”
欧洲食品安全局(EFSA)今年1月表示，人类可以食用黄粉虫。今年5月，欧洲食品安全管理局批准其上市销售。
该机构正在考虑批准12多项关于以其他昆虫为基础的食品申请。其中包括蟋蟀和蝗虫等通常在田野间出没的昆虫。
黄粉虫和更常见的昆虫可以为未来提供一种产生低温室气体可持续的食物来源。
阿亚里（Soheil Ayari）和他的两个女儿一起用餐。他对食这道菜品表示满意。他说：“感觉自己是在一家传统餐厅里用餐。”他说，只是食物背后的理念不同。他补充说，“老实说，味道（和传统食物）非常相似。”
阿亚里的小女儿也很喜欢这种食物：“这道菜很环保，而且很美味。”
韦叶特在现场培育黄粉虫。他用煮熟的谷物和蔬菜进行喂养。虽然黄粉虫看起来不像可入口的食材，但它其实是黑甲虫的幼虫。这些甲虫富含蛋白质、脂肪和其他营养物质。
黄粉虫可以用于许多不同的食物搭配。它可以整只煮着吃，也可以磨碎用来制作面包之类的食物。
斯特凡·德·基尔斯梅克（Stefan De Keersmaecker）是欧盟委员会健康和食品安全发言人。他说：“昆虫营养丰富。”他还指出，昆虫可以帮助我们转向一个更健康和可持续的饮食和食物体系。
韦叶特必须赢得两项挑战。他需要赢得公众支持，并学习如何将昆虫的味道与其他食物相结合。
他说，他必须找到合适的口味以及食物搭配。他表示，这种尝试对任何厨师来说都吸引力十足。
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