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Article: Restaurant experts extend to aldermen new feel on foie gras.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- October 13, 2006
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Byline: Emma Graves Fitzsimmons
Oct. 13--As he munched tortilla espanola covered in peach salsa Thursday morning, Ald. Burton Natarus was asked to imagine that he was a duck being force-fed cornmeal through a metal tube. "The lining of their throat is the same as your hand," said Dr. Lawrence Bartholf, a New York veterinarian who then asked the alderman to extend his hand.
With an uneasy look, Natarus (42nd) complied, even as the doctor ran the handle of a knife down the length of his palm to simulate a force-feeding. "Does it hurt?" the veterinarian asked. "No," the alderman responded. That experiment, Natarus said, gave him more ...