Elevating Mexican Dishes With Insects || Eat Seeker

Located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Chef Mario Hernandez of The Black Ant is seasoning his guacamole with black ants and coating his shrimp with grasshopper flour for tacos. Chef Hernandez grew up tasting these flavors as a child in Mexico after his grandmother introduced him to grasshopper tacos at a young age and is now sharing an elevated version of the food he fell in love with as a child.

Producer
Chas Truslow

Associate Producer
Phoebe Melnick

Camera
Phoebe Melnick
James Ogle

Editor
Morgan Dopp

Graphics
Fredy Delgado

Production Manager
Jonathan Rinkerman

Production Coordinator
Sarah Barry

Supervising Producer
Stasia Tomlinson

Head of Video
Justin Lundstrom

Music
A Dozen Roses_Underscore by Temothas Herrington Jr, Jonathan Castro
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Bright Shadows by Temothas Herrington Jr, Jonathan Castro
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Brazilian House Lounge by Jason Donnelly
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