Cicadas emerge onto menus

Trend alert: Noisy broods of bugs are coming, and your favorite restaurant is ready.

With periodical cicadas scheduled to emerge in the next few weeks, chefs across the Southern United States are preparing to include the noisy little pests on restaurant menus — testing recipes and securing legal clearance to serve wild-caught cicadas.

Depending on the type and the way they are prepared, cooked cicadas taste similar to toasted…