

Mousse and the Royal Mouth
Beer froths into one type of mousse...not the point of this post. "Brasserie" [Brewery], engraved by Robert Benard, in Receuil de Planches, "Brasserie," Plate II, 1763. If you were royalty, you’d worry about being poisoned. If you believed you were a divine incarnation, you’d suspect that everyone cleaved unto you to be close to power and not for your well-being or welfare. If you were a Bourbon monarch, such as Louis XIV, you’d need people to guard against miscreants dwellin