Foie Gras au Torchon/photos by Donna Turner Ruhlman
I spotted a tiny news item in this morning's
Plain Dealer, culled from
The San Francisco Chronicle reports, and was thrilled to see people like
Thomas Keller, Michael Chiarello, Tyler Florence, and scores of other chefs beginning to protest California’s hypocritical and uninformed ban on foie gras that goes into effect this summer. (
Watch news story video from KCRA.)
While likely begun as self-aggrandizing soap-boxing by former state Senator John Burton in 2004 (read his
LA Times op-ed reasoning), as it was done by Chicago City Council Alderman Joe Moore in 2007, embarrassing the city, which
repealed the law in 2008, we’re hoping that California legislators evaluate their actual motives for the ban. If they truly care about the humane treatment of the animals we ...
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