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Why more people are eating snails as a protein-rich alternative to red meat

In the sun-baked fields of central Tunisia, a growing number of unemployed young men are turning to an unlikely source of income: snail hunting. With traditional job opportunities scarce and food ...
Newsday

In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein

AKOUDA, Tunisia — In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and leaves and ...
Food & Wine

This Sustainable Protein Has Less Sodium Than Beef and a Smaller Carbon Footprint

Escargot may be synonymous with French cuisine, but the delicacy is having a renaissance in Vienna. Erik Trinidad is a food and travel writer and videographer. He's contributed to National Geographic ...
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From peasant fodder to posh fare: how snails and oysters became luxury foods

Oysters and escargot are recognised as luxury foods around the world – but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a garden ...

Homegrown snails are your garden’s most unlikely by-product

What if you could employ land snails in a similar zero-waste system? Instead of homegrown vegetables, the ultimate yield for your table would be escargots, those glistening nuggets of protein. Yes, ...

French snail farmers weather unpredictability to preserve the tradition of escargot

The global appetite for French snails reaches even the smallest producers. L’escargot des Valanques, a small one-man farm in Provence, was once approached by an importer from Singapore, who offered to ...