And what on earth is animal rennet? Cheese: It’s the fine line between vegetarian and vegan—and a dietary mainstay for more than 7 million Americans who choose to go meat-free. After all, between feta ...

THE idea that the protoplasm or living substance of both animals and plants is essentially similar, if not quite identical, has long been accepted by both physiologists and botanists. This similarity ...

I HAVE been endeavouring to make a list of plants—leaves, flowers, seeds, etc.—used in various countries for coagulating milk in place of rennet, obtained from the stomachs of young animals; and I ...

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