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This Sunday, July 1, 2012, will mark the end of an era. After one of the longest sunset provisions ever seen – eight years between the passage of the law and its effective date – one can no longer...
View ArticleCalifornia takes foie gras off the menu, but some chefs say ban is a bit rich
Animal rights protesters celebrate, but some accuse California of hypocrisy in enacting bill proposed by Schwarzenegger in 2004 Foie gras has long been a target for those calling for the ethical...
View ArticleAs California ban on foie gras looms, some press for repeal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Only days left to order foie gras at a California restaurant. Any restaurant that serves the fatty duck or goose liver after June 30 will be fined up to $1,000. Foie gras is...
View ArticleLawmaker may sponsor repeal of California ban on foie gras
Only 10 more days to order foie gras at a California restaurant. Any restaurant that serves the fatty duck or goose liver after June 30 will be fined up to $1,000. Foie gras is considered a delicacy...
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View ArticleMAURITANIA: Force-feeding on decline, but more dangerous
Photo: Seyid O. Seyid/IRINSaying no to obesity- at the gymNOUAKCHOTT, 26 June 2009 (IRIN) - As perceptions of beauty change and obesity-related diseases rise, more women in Mauritania are fighting...
View ArticleCalifornia's first-in-the-nation foie gras ban: A guide
Gourmands in the Golden State will have to binge on the controversial delicacy before the ban — known as foie-mageddon — takes effect this summer On July 1, it will become illegal in California to...
View ArticleIs the foie gras controversy faux? I visited Hudson Valley Foie Gras (Video)
You don't have to be a VIP to visit Hudson Valley Foie Gras. Just call them -- they'll even give you directions. The neat part of Hudson Valley Foie Gras is that anybody (well, except for a couple of...
View ArticleThe Montreal munch: Searching for the French Canadian city's best local...
MONTREAL - For a certain kind of traveler, no visit to a new city is complete without a bellyful of local culinary delights. And though the Internet has made it easier to zero in on regional...
View ArticleThe Montreal munch: Searching for the French Canadian city's best local...
MONTREAL - For a certain kind of traveler, no visit to a new city is complete without a bellyful of local culinary delights. And though the Internet has made it easier to zero in on regional...
View ArticleFrench gag on California foie gras ban
PARIS — Chef Laurent Delarbre shook his head in disbelief and leaned over a pristine white tablecloth in the dining room of La Tour d'Argent, one of France's oldest and most iconic restaurants. "No,...
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A mother of four I know used to call herself Pelican after the bird that became the medieval symbol for martyrdom, based on the belief that it pierced its breast to feed its young. Along those lines,...
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A mother of four I know used to call herself Pelican after the bird that became the medieval symbol for martyrdom, based on the belief that it pierced its breast to feed its young. Along those lines,...
View ArticleCalifornia foie gras:Animal rescue:Humane orgs celebrate end of goose liver
By this time next Sunday all of the restaurants in the Golden State will have removed foie gras from their menus or risk being fined $1000 a day. Passed in 2004, the production or sale of fatty goose...
View ArticleFoie Gras Banned In California
Tweet Lovers of foie gras in California have run out of time to enjoy the controversial delicacy. The state has banned sales of the foodstuff with a penalty of $1000 (£636) to any restaurant that...
View ArticleMAURITANIA: Beauty's big problem
Photo: Seyid Ould Seyid/IRINMany young women in Mauritania misuse drugs and overeat to meet an age-old beauty standardNOUAKCHOTT, 21 February 2011 (IRIN) - While force-feeding of young girls is waning...
View ArticleFoie Gras a Faux Pas?
This is the last week for legal foie gras in California. A law to shut down the making, cooking and selling of super-fatty goose or duck liver takes effect July 1. Chowhounds from Chico to Chula Vista...
View ArticlePass the cheese and quackers! California restaurants and diners overdosing...
This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead. Chefs are loading their high-end menus with duck liver: terrine de foie gras, seared foie...
View ArticleTo some it’s a delicacy, to others diseased fowl: foie gras frenzy grows as...
This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead. Chefs are loading their high-end menus with duck liver: terrine de foie gras, seared foie...
View ArticleTo some it's a delicacy, to others diseased fowl: foie gras frenzy grows as...
This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead. Chefs are loading their high-end menus with duck liver: terrine de foie gras, seared foie...
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