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  • May 2008

    • Hard to Swallow: 8 Taboo Delicacies

      Newsweek  |  May 20, 08 12:57 PM CDT

      Hard to Swallow: 8 Taboo Delicacies

      (Newser) - The return of foie gras to Chicago's menus inspires Newsweek to list dishes still considered too dicey to serve: Maggot cheese: Injected with larvae that pose health risks Puffer fish: Incorrectly prepared fugu can be fatal More »

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      FDA  • restaurant  • gourmet dining  • banned foods  • absinthe  • foie gras  • fugu

    • Chicago Ducks Foie Gras Ban

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  May 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Chicago Ducks Foie Gras Ban

      (Newser) - A Chicago restaurant ban on foie gras pate that animal lovers love to hate has been lifted by city legislators after two years. The ban caused widespread derision among foodies, fury in the restaurant industry—and plaudits from animal rights advocates who wanted to save the force-fed ducks and geese whose super fatty livers make the pate. Mayor Richard Daley bulldozed the repeal through the City Council, reports the Sun Times . More »

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      Chicago  • restaurant  • animal rights  • Richard Daley  • city council  • foie gras

  • April 2007

    • Wanted: Geese Who'll Gorge Themselves

      New York Times  |  Apr 25, 07 3:05 PM CDT

      Wanted: Geese Who'll Gorge Themselves

      (Newser) - In the quest for kinder, gentler fois gras, some producers claim to have succeeded in getting the birds to gorge naturally, fattening up their livers without  force-feeding them. A Spanish company says its prize-winning pate was produced by letting the birds roam freely and butchering them right before they would natually migrate. More »

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      California  • food  • animal cruelty  • foie gras

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