Article: Farm Sanctuary Applauds NYC Councilman Avella's Proposed Resolution that Supports Ending the Cruelty of Foie Gras Production in New York State.

Article: Maryland Senate Committee to Hear Testimony on the Cruelties of Foie Gras.
Business Wire;  March 4, 2008 ;     625 words ......from the blood. Foie gras is cruel and completely...Julie Janovsky, Farm Sanctuary's director of campaigns...Canada. In 2007, Farm Sanctuary released photo...the three largest foie gras facilities in Canada...Photos and video of foie gras production ...

Article: Farm Sanctuary: Chicago City Council Reverses Foie Gras Ordinance Effectively Endorsing Animal Cruelty.
Business Wire;  May 14, 2008 ;     611 words ......Ban CHICAGO -- Farm Sanctuary, the nation's...ordinance that banned foie gras in 2006. Since...following statement: Farm Sanctuary is disheartened...repealing the foie gras ordinance, the...birds to produce foie gras should be banned...pledges not to serve ...

Article: For pure indulgence, try fresh foie gras. (foie gras salad)
Sunset;  November 1, 1997 ;     584 words ......and easier to buy than you might expect Foie gras. First it was French and expensive. Now...explosion? Availability. Until recent years, foie gras - fatted liver from specially fed ducks...produce 1,000 duck foies gras a week. Foie gras bears little resemblance to what most...

Article: Farm Sanctuary Applauds Landmark Pew Commission Report Advising End to Cruel Confinement of Animals on Factory Farms and Force-Feeding of Birds to Produce Foie Gras.
Business Wire;  May 1, 2008 ;     525 words ......efforts of many of Farm Sanctuary's long-standing...organization's No Foie Gras campaign, which...birds to produce foie gras, tail docking...practices that Farm Sanctuary has worked to...Information on Farm Sanctuary's No Foie Gras campaign ...

Article: Sweet and savory indulgence. (Foie gras)(includes recipes)
Sunset;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Foie gras foiled again - by the Fuyu persimmon...Extremely rich foods, from blue cheese to foie gras, fare well with sweet companions that...served like a slice of the sun with warm foie gras. Order fresh foie gras several days ahead...

Article: Foie gras--fact and fancy. (Food Guide).(Brief Article)(Recipe)
Sunset;  December 1, 2001 ;     483 words ...* Once a rarity, foie gras is now on even moderately upscale menus. And ducks...in this country for their fat, oversize livers (foie gras de canard, in French). Prepared at home, foie gras is a relative bargain. A whole duck foie gras weighs...

Article: MP's bid to ban 'cruel' food.
Gainsborough Standard (Gainsborough, England);  October 18, 2007 ;     208 words ......signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) to ban foie gras sales in the UK. The group People For...The MP joins the growing opposition to foie gras, which is produced by violently force-feedi...encouraging their MPs to sign on to this. Foie gras is produced by force-feeding the bird...

Article: Magnum of foie gras.(Recipe)(Brief article)
Art Culinaire;  December 22, 2008 ;     276 words ...For the foie gras: 14 ounces foie gras, nerves and veins removed 1/3 cup 30-year-old Calvados 1 stick...Fleur de Sel, as needed To serve: Aged Balsamic vinegar For the foie gras; In container, place foie gras, Calvados, cinnamon and cloves...

Article: Keep off the gras: New Jersey vs. duck liver.(Citings)(Brief article)
Reason;  January 1, 2007 ;     241 words ......ONE IN the state of New Jersey produces foie gras, and no Garden State farmer has announced...the process and ban the pricey snack. Foie gras makers have been on the run in Europe...the city of Chicago passed a ban on foie gras that drew immediate criticism from Mayor...

Article: Chicago overturns ban on foie gras in restaurants
AP Online;  May 14, 2008 ;     569 words ...Dining on foie gras _ a delicacy made of duck and goose...animal rights activists who consider foie gras cruel because the birds are force-fed...They used to go to the suburbs to get foie gras and stopped going to specifically French...

Article: Foie gras will return to plates in Chicago restaurants, as council repeals ban
AP Worldstream;  May 14, 2008 ;     567 words ...Dining on foie gras _ a delicacy made of duck and goose...animal rights activists who consider foie gras cruel because the birds are force-fed...They used to go to the suburbs to get foie gras and stopped going to specifically French...

Article: What's good for the goose ... They may not be big on foie gras, but a push to ban the stuff should leave a bad taste in the mouths of Canadian farmers.(FOOD)
Western Standard;  August 28, 2006 ;     673 words ......of that exotic food delicacy known as foie gras--better identified as fattened goose...this product. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Foie gras has been a part of French cuisine for...subsequently harvested and made into pate de foie gras. As one who has tasted this somewhat...

Article: Foie Gras isn't funny.(LETTERS FROM OUR READERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Sunset;  May 1, 2005 ;     193 words ......page 24) with dismay. The dish Tuna Foie Gras Melt is not funny food if you know anything about foie gras (literally fatty liver ), which is marketed...It is not possible to humanely produce foie gras because it is derived from the grossly...

Article: Foie gras driven off Leeds menus.
Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England);  March 7, 2008 ;     300 words ...Foie gras - the liver of a fattened duck or goose...from Leeds menus. Animal rights group Foie Gras Free North (FGFN) is targeting restaurants...and Salts Deli in Leeds have all gone foie gras-free in recent weeks. HAVE YOU CHECKED...