What's UP? Duck.

From: Restaurants & Institutions | Date: August 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Chefs welcome duck as it begins nestling on menus.

Duck is basking in the warmth of popularity, moving to menu mainstay as smoothly and effortlessly as it glides through water.

Is it the way the fat renders, making the meat juicy and the skin so perfectly crisp? Could it be that duck offers two distinct eating experiences: tender breast and melt-in-your mouth leg? Or perhaps it's that the bird evokes red meat but, skinless, has less fat than chicken?

Most likely it's all the above, and then some.

"It's versatile, flavorful, juicy and pairs well with many flavors ...

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