But when a beautiful illustration of a Belostomatidae, aka a giant water bug, was placed in front of me as a prelude to the dish to come, I didn’t know what to expect. Would it be earthy, crunchy, or ...

Lately, I, a maximalist, have been yearning to be a minimalist. I am not alone. “People are stuck in their houses and sick of their stuff,” Randy Sabin, who runs estate and Internet sales, told me ...