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Article: Controversy on the menu: Chicago's chefs are fighting back against City Council's looming ban on foie gras
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 17, 2006
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It's hard to imagine foie gras, the pricey delicacy most people
have never consumed and fewer can pronounce, at the center of a
controversy in Chicago -- a not-going-away-soon controversy with
passions running as hot as those on "Desperate Housewives."
Foie gras (pronounced fwah-GRAH) is the fatty duck liver --
opponents point out it is diseased fatty duck liver -- that will
disappear from menus of upscale restaurants with French influence
when Chicago becomes the first U.S. city to ban the sale of foie gras
on Aug. 22.
Let's get this right: Council members in the city known for its
artery-clogging deep-dish pizza and hot dogs topped with enhanced
green pickle relish suddenly care about ...