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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 04:23 pm

Foie Gras News

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3 hrs ago | WRC Washington DC Channel 4

Takoma Park Bans Gourmet Treat

Takoma Park officials are taking a stand against duck liver delicacies. The City Council unanimously approved a resolution recently to oppose production and sale of foie gras, which is French for "fatty liver" ...

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Related Topix: Life, Gourmet, Food, University of California System, UC Berkeley, Takoma Park, MD

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Oregonlive.com

Rooms with a gorge view

Visitors come here to feast on views of the Columbia River Gorge. Worth savoring long after as well are the dishes being served at The View Point Inn, the 84-year-old icon that reopened a year ago after a ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Corbett, OR, Home Listing, Home, Travel

Tue Jul 15, 2008

News Observer

Brothers team up for Savoy

By the strict dictionary definition, Savoy owners Pete Gibson and Marshall Smith are half brothers.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, French Cuisine, Dining

Sun Jul 13, 2008

Creative Loafing Tampa

Viaggio at the Venue is very, very good

THAT'S QUACKED UP: Viaggio's precariously balanced stack of duck three ways: roasted breast, confit leg and foie gras.

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Related Topix: Feather Sound, FL, Life, St. Petersburg, FL, Dining

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Willamette Week

Foie Gras Floats Nixed for Pix Party

The francophiles at Pix PA tisserie have had to alter their plans for the 2nd annual Bastille Day Block Party ever so slightly.

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Related Topix: Life, Food

Washingtonian.com

Foie Gras: Friend or Foe?

On Monday, June 30, the Takoma Park City Council passed a resolution to oppose the sale of foie gras in their liberal suburb, but according to DCist , no dining establishments currently serve the controversial ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Foe, Pop/Rock

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Rochester IMC

Syracuse: Help Take Foie Gras Cruelty Off the Menu

We need your help raising awareness about the suffering of ducks exploited for foie gras.

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Related Topix: Dining, Life, Food, Syracuse, NY

Washington Examiner

Takoma Park City Council bans foie gras production

Takoma Park, home of the nuclear-free zone, has found a new foe in foie gras. City Council members passed a resolution last week opposing the production and sale of the fatty delicacy made from the livers of ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food

Wed Jul 09, 2008

Blog Town, PDX

No Foie Gras for Bastille Day Celebrants

Bastille Day is fast approaching, and with it, the second annual Pix Patisserie Bastille Day celebration .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, France, Europe, World News

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Jerusalem Post

Hebrew Hear-Say: You can stick(er) it

On a trip to New York many years ago, I developed a theory that the reason there were so many slogan T-shirts was the "avoid eye contact" mentality of the Big Apple.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Life, Food

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Turkish Daily News

Top 10 restaurants in the world

This week daily Hurriyet's jury traveled abroad. Owners of renowned eateries in Istanbul gave them a list of the top 10 restaurants around the world.

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Life, Food, France, World News, Australia, Europe

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Desert Sun

Mister Parker's chef creates new summer delights

Mister Parker's is always fun, good food combined with a party atmosphere. On The Parker's Web site, it is described as 'a deconstructed formal hangout for fops, flaneurs and assorted cronies.' The ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Pudding, Dining, Duck, Meat

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Star

'Beer fuels big burger buys'

New York - Does that come with chips? Despite the economic downturn, a Manhattan restaurant is now offering a $175 hamburger.

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Related Topix: Meat, Life, Beef, Food

Tue Jul 01, 2008

National Post

Vancouver restaurant targeted for foie gras use

A Vancouver restaurant is under fire from a British Columbia animal rights group over an alleged false claim by its owner that the foie gras it serves is naturally fattened and not force-fed. Liberation BC has ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Food

Journal News

Exposing the cruelty of foie gras production

Please add Trader Joe's to the list of grocers who no longer sell foie gras, as mentioned in Noreen O'Donnell's excellent June 16 column .

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Related Topix: Life, Food, New York Metro

Willamette Week

Liver Trouble: Alberta Street Oyster Bar caves to foie gras protesters; Ten 01 not so much

Yesterday evening, amid the hubbub of Northeast Alberta Street's Last Thursday gala, six Portland activists setup shop in front of Alberta Street Oyster Bar and Grill .

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Related Topix: Portland, OR, Life, Food, Dining

Mon Jun 30, 2008

BBC

Hungary foie gras farms under threat

Stacked high in green plastic crates, 30 in each, the goslings look identical - each furry grey-yellow head clamouring for attention.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Agriculture, Science

Sun Jun 29, 2008

San Francisco Examiner

Refuge: Great pastrami on the Peninsula

The Belgian beer craze has hit the Peninsula at The Refuge, a deli and pub that features the oddest conglomeration of food and drink I have encountered in 35 years of covering restaurants.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Wine, San Mateo, CA, Life, Food, Deli Food

Fri Jun 27, 2008

New York Sun

Struggling to Raise the Bar at Bar Milano

It's only natural to expect excellency from the team that created Lupa and 'inoteca: Restaurateurs Jason and Joe Denton and chefs Eric Kleinman and Steve Connaughton bring a sure-handed balance to those ...

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Life, Food, Dining

Wed Jun 25, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Group pans restaurateur for foie gras statement

Liberation B.C. stepped up its campaign against Vancouver restaurants yesterday with a complaint to the Better Business Bureau about Manny Ferreira, owner of Le Gavroche restaurant.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Life, Food

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