Did You Know? Week of 8/12/2026

Celery isn't the most glamorous vegetable today; but in the 19th century, things were very different. The crunchy vegetable was a fashionable status symbol because of how difficult it was to cultivate.

If anyone had reason to believe they were cursed, it was Robert Todd Lincoln. The eldest son of Abraham Lincoln was closely connected to three presidential assassinations over the course of his life - first his father's, then Presidents James A. Garfield and William McKinley.

Calf's brains were once a respected delicacy rather than an unusual curiosity. Recipes for preparing brains appeared in c...