The subjects of today’s blog are two animal-based “natural” food additives that have been around for hundreds of years–but people are only just realizing where they come from. I’m talking about cochineal red coloring, derived from bugs, and castoreum flavoring,… Read More
Upon her return from the Crimean war zone, Florence Nightingale (1820- 1910) lived to old age with as many as seventeen cats as her companions. Some were named after famous people, like Disraeli, Gladstone, and Bismarck.