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Article: Foie Gras Feud Roils Chicago Restaurants; Chefs Split Over Ethics of the Delicacy
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- The Washington Post
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- November 13, 2005
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This city, with a history of stockyards and steakhouses, has
erupted over a matter of greater culinary delicacy: foie gras.
Aldermen may vote this month on a proposal to make Chicago the
first U.S. city to ban the sale of the fattened livers of force-fed
ducks and geese. The debate has split the city: On one side is one of
Chicago's best-known chefs, Charlie Trotter, who will not serve it;
on the other is Mayor Richard M. Daley, who says foie gras should
remain on restaurant menus.
Amid the back-and-forth, Cyrano's Bistrot and Wine Bar in the
city's tourist-heavy River North neighborhood had a window smashed
and a door smeared with fake blood last month after Chef Didier
Durand protested ...