Panoply of Heaven

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_Worms About giant Cthulhoid earthworms conquering the planet after a 40 day flood. Featuring a last outpost of humanity located in Baltimore.

The idea that Kosher food laws exist because of concerns about disease/parasites/food poisoning/what-have-you is what my old religious studies professor referred to as "the myth of primitive hygiene." Sometimes God's laws are just God's laws, no explanation needed.