101 Ways to Cook a Pine Beetle

The BC Forestry commission - with the assistance of the BC provincial government has released an innovative new cookbook to help tackle the provinces pine beatle plauge. The cookbook details 101 recipes British Columbians can use to prepare the insects for consumption.

The insects are available in abundance and will be for the next 7 years as they have infested the provincial parks in plague proportions. The book details methods to capture, clean and cook 3 varieties of the beetle, including everything from salads, to chowders, taco's and pine beetle and apple strudel. Forestry minister Pat Bell remarked "I have personally tried and tested many of these recipes - and I can say they are fantastic, I want every British Columbian to pitch in and do their part - together we can turn this infestation into a gourmet local specialty."

The book will be available at Amazon.ca and at Chapters bookstores in February.