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THE FIGHT OVER FOIE GRAS INTENSIFIES
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It's a food fight rapidly becoming national. Foie gras, a symbol
of culinary indulgence, has been under attack for years by animal
rights organizations.
Lately, the fight has been heating up, with proposed legislation
that would ban foie gras production and sales in several states,
including Massachusetts. There have been public spats between chefs
and protests outside restaurants, including picketers marching last
month in front of Beacon Hill's No. 9 Park and Clio in the Eliot
Hotel...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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Editor's Choice: Foie gras finds way onto stylish menus.(Brief Article)
Crain's Chicago Business
; Foie gras used to be a rare delicacy served only in the fanciest French dining rooms, but in the last few years, melt-in-your-mouth duck liver has migrated onto the menus of most trendy restaurants in Chicago. And while foie gras terrine is the traditional French preparation, local chefs are
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Larders filled again with foie gras
Chicago Sun-Times
; Rest easy, foie gras lovers. The crisis is over. It's hard to believe that, in the health-conscious '90s, Americans are plunking down large chunks of change for a food the French call "fat liver." But foie gras is so hot that earlier this year, even chefs couldn't get their fill. "There was a
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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The fuss about foie gras Suburban chefs celebrate the controversial delicacy.(Food)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Leah A. Zeldes Daily Herald Correspondent When the city of Chicago banned foie gras in April, local foodies joked about starting up a foie gras shack on the border, the way margarine hucksters once camped on the Illinois-Wisconsin line. The ban took effect Aug. 22, and although the Niles
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Local menus: suddenly overstuffed with foie gras.(prices and rates of Hudson Valley foie gras )(Brief article)
Crain's Chicago Business
; Byline: Virginia Gerst Faced with a City Council ban that will put foie gras on ice, restaurants are cooking up plans to bid the French delicacy adieu. At One Sixtyblue, a special menu includes an appetizer of Hudson Valley foie gras with farm cherry seedlings and homemade brioche ($20), a main
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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FOIE GRAS LEAVES ACTIVISTS WITH A BAD TASTE LAWMAKERS ASKED TO BAN FORCE-FEEDING OF BIRDS FOR DELICACY.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Byline: KATHY GEORGE P-I reporter Foie gras is a delicacy on the finest of menus, baked in rock salt at Rover's, dressed up with apples, currants and candied ginger at Cafe Juanita, or sprinkled with truffle oil at Maximilien in the Market. A month ago, when Union chef and co-owner Ethan Stowell
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Microwaveable foie gras? Believe it.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; PHILADELPHIA _ It might be very hard to think of foie gras along the lines of a microwaveable TV dinner. But gourmet guru Joel Assouline assures me: Just thaw this one-pound brick of fattened duck liver terrine under running water, then pop it in the microwave for a couple minutes. And voila
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Foie gras foes focus efforts on Hudson Valley farm
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ... efforts on Hudson Valley farm -- It's nation's top producer By MICHAEL HILL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 11-03-2006, Friday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions FERNDALE, N.Y. — Three times a day, workers at the Hudson Valley Foie Gras farm wade into duck pens ...
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THE FIGHT OVER FOIE GRAS INTENSIFIES
The Boston Globe
; It's a food fight rapidly becoming national. Foie gras, a symbol of culinary indulgence, has been under attack for years by animal rights organizations. Lately, the fight has been heating up, with proposed legislation that would ban foie gras production and sales in several states, including
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Beef up holidays with French delicacy: fresh foie gras
The Gazette
; When Jim Sebastiani called to let me know he would be getting in a shipment of fresh foie gras, all of my other business for the day ceased. Only one thing mattered: how soon could I make it to his store to get some. This indescribably moist, tender, buttery delicacy - most available in winter -
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Foie Gras Feud Roils Chicago Restaurants; Chefs Split Over Ethics of the Delicacy
The Washington Post
; This city, with a history of stockyards and steakhouses, has erupted over a matter of greater culinary delicacy: foie gras. Aldermen may vote this month on a proposal to make Chicago the first U.S. city to ban the sale of the fattened livers of force-fed ducks and geese. The debate has split the
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