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Article: Local menus: suddenly overstuffed with foie gras.(prices and rates of Hudson Valley foie gras )(Brief article)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
- Article date:
- May 15, 2006
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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 course of foie gras and glazed Thumbelina carrots ($40) and a side of mashed potatoes with foie gras butter ($11).
Executive Chef Martial Noguier will top any piece of meat on the menu with foie gras ($20 surcharge) and, with 24 hours' notice, will roast an entire foie gras in the restaurant's wood oven ($40 per person, four-person minimum).
Mr. ...