Kevin Bachhuber
- Jan 17, 2016
- 1 min read

Pittsburgh Culinary School Is Cooking With Crickets

Author: DAVE CRAWLEY (WFMY)

Published: 1/17/2016 10:36:40 PM

Updated: 10:36 PM EST January 17, 2016

Pittsburgh, PA -- Chef Shawn Culp and culinary students at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh prepare a four course meal. Common ingredient? Crickets. "What we have here basically is culinary entomology," says Culp, the chairman of AIP's culinary department.

Frozen crickets were shipped here by Big Cricket Farms of Youngstown, Ohio. Founder Kevin Bachhuber says they're raised in plastic boxes.

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