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Article: Larders filled again with foie gras
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 13, 1998
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Rest easy, foie gras lovers. The crisis is over.
It's hard to believe that, in the health-conscious '90s,
Americans are plunking down large chunks of change for a food the
French call "fat liver." But foie gras is so hot that earlier this
year, even chefs couldn't get their fill.
"There was a problem for about four months when we had trouble
getting it," said Tony Mantuano, chef/
owner of Mantuano Mediterranean Table, in NBC Tower, 455 N. City
Front Plaza.
"There was a foie gras crisis," confirms Rob Leichman, director
of sales for D'Artagnan Inc. in Newark,
N.J., one of the nation's biggest distributors of foie gras.
Chefs wrung their hands in dismay after Hudson Valley Foie Gras
and ...