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Article: Foie gras returns to city dining scene
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 4, 2008
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Fee, fi, foe, foie . . . You don't need to know the secret password to get foie gras anymore.
The era of the "duckeasy," as Cyrano's Bistrot chef Didier Durand called it, is over, now that the Chicago City Council sharply reversed a citywide ban instituted two years ago.
"It was an era in Chicago that was so strange," commented chef Carrie Nahabedian of Naha, one of the "underground" chefs who continued to serve the controversial fattened duck liver. "It even feels strange now that foie is back!"
Local chefs are rushing to rework menus.
"Of course, we're going to serve it again," said chef Christian Gosselin of the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower. "We're a French hotel! I just ordered some ...