Foie Gras Is For Assholes
Yesterday, a federal judge overturned the state of California's ban on foie gras. Great news, for assholes.
NYC Laughs in the Face of L.A. Foie Gras Ban, Slaughters Geese
On Monday, as Angelenos trudged into week two of their gloomy, foie gras-less "existence," 700 geese from the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in New York were rounded up for Killing Time.
Foie Gras Proponents Sue California, Claim Foie Gras Ban is Unconstitutional
A lawsuit filed earlier this week in Los Angeles [PDF] alleges that California's recently enacted ban on foie gras is "unconstitutional, vague and interferes with federal commerce laws."
Californians Would Slice Their Mamas' Throats for a Bite of Foie Gras as 'Foie-mageddon' Looms
Everyone in California has lost their damn minds in advance of the state's foie gras ban that goes into effect this Sunday, July 1st.
European Foie Gras Crisis Reaches Ministerial Level
Sometimes you just have to trust that your government is willing to fight the good fight when comes to handling international crises. Take France and its production of foie gras — the not very humanely produced bird liver pate. The French take that shit pretty seriously. So when organizers of Germany's Anuga food fair…
Brooklyn Restaurant Protested For Serving Foie Gras Doughnuts
"Birds should not have to suffer for donuts." So argues vegan blogger Annie Hartnett, who has penned a petition protesting a menu offering at Brooklyn's Do or Dine restaurant: the foie gras doughnut, a high-end dessert running $11 per fatted-goose-liver-filled fritter. (To be clear, Do or Dine don't claim to have…
Eating & Drinking: Friday Edition
• Di Fara sells the city's most expensive slice of pizza. (The price was just raised to $5.) A symptom of the recession? A sign the recession is over? Something else? Now even the mayor has been forced to weigh in on the subject. [NYT]
• The Oyster Bar in Grand Central has lost its liquor license. [Eater]
• Closings:…
Eating & Drinking: Thursday Edition
• Is Thomas Keller opening a new resto in NYC? Depends who you ask. [TFB]
• The animal rights group that staged a foie gras protest outside Momofuku Noodle Bar back in May will return to the scene once again on Sunday. [GS]
• Word has it Rande Gerber's Stone Rose is exiting Time Warner Center. [P6]
• Speaking of…
Eating & Drinking: Wednesday Edition
• Payard Patsserie was shut down by the Dept. of Health today. [Eater, NYT]
• Susur Lee's Shang only earns one star from Bruni in today's Times: "The magic that Mr. Lee reputedly made in Toronto hasn't followed him here." [NYT]
• Is chef Damon Wise saying goodbye to Tom Colicchio's Craft empire? [NYO]
• More mixed…
Cheap Political Stunt du Jour: Foie Gras Ban
Suppose you're a relatively anonymous City Council member with mayoral ambitions—how to distinguish yourself from all the higher-profile Democrats jockeying for the job? Champion the winningly populist cause of banning foie gras! Tony Avella of Queens, apparently unaware that this movement is so 2006 and that even…
ABC News Handy With Thesaurus
Earlier this week, in her first piece since starting at the Observer, Doree Shafrir wrote of the David Burke & Donatella peanut butter & foie gras sandwich. Coincidentally, ABC News took a look at the sandwich today! Let's compare!
You Can Have My Foie Gras When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead, Fatty Fingers
Good news for those of us who enjoy consuming the products of barbarous torment:
Wacky Animal Fans Want To Take Away Your Right To Consume The Product Of Torture
First they came for the trans fats, and now they're after our foie gras. A group of animal rights activists (who fall somewhere on the self-righteous spectrum between bicycle activists and tree people) have hit on a novel strategy to shut down production of the delicacy in New York State. Reports the Sun:
