Some say beondegi smell delicious and sweet and bring back memories of the past. Others grimace, saying the smell is too pungent and the sight of the boiled silkworms is disturbing. For Lee Yeong-nan, ...

Food shouldn’t be scary. When I started writing this column eight months ago, I looked at it as a way to share food and learn about other cultures, even if the food might be different from what ...

Called “beondegi,“ the wormlike creatures are boiled silkworm pupae. While the insects are considered a possible future food source, Koreans have been eating silkworm pupae for half a century.

Reporter Dane Ambler tries local Korean food, Beondegi, which is Silkworm Pupae at Big House on Upper Queen street. It looks like a dish straight out of Fear Factor, but beondegi - or silkworm ...

The pupae of silkworms are so loved by Koreans you might wonder whether any are allowed to grow up and turn into moths. You'll find beondegi vendors on almost any crowded street in South Korea ...