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Foie Gras Flap
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT: Would you support a city-wide ban on foie gras in restaurants?
Photo: Louie Favorite/AJC staff
At Craft In NYC last week, we enjoyed one of the finest terrines of foie gras I’ve ever eaten — luxuriously smooth, pink and full of delicate flavor, coupled with a sweet raisin chutney over brioche toast points.
Folks in Chicago can today indulge in foie gras again — legally, anyway — since the city council repealed on Wednesday a two-year restaurant ban on the delicacy. Animal activist groups have pressured for the ban of foie gras, claiming that the method of gavage — force feeding the animals (ducks and geese) until their livers are engorged to sometimes ten times the normal size is inhumane. California has a law in place to to end the production and sale of foie gras by 2012.
It’s an ancient argument, and one that will never be won by any single side since there will always be meat eaters and non-meat eaters. But I’m wondering how Atlanta would react to a similar ordinance. Over the past four years I’ve eaten my share of foie gras in this city.
Would you support or not support a ban on foie gras in restaurants?
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By mqew
May 15, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
Awwww he11 naw. They bet not.
By Rodney
May 15, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
Definitely not support - but I doubt it would make much of a scene in Atlanta if it were banned. I don’t think, other than hard-core food lovers, many would lament not having f.g. on the menu.
But oh … OOOOOHHH isn’t it so good when fresh off the sear? I love it with apricot. Mmmmmmm … fancy little foods …