Foie gras

Judge Denies Request for Preliminary Injunction Against Foie Gras Ban

By Tien Nguyen Thu., Sep. 20 2012 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Foie gras, Food & The Law

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Terrine of fois gras
Way back on July 1, when the weather here was actually nice and pleasant, California's ban on foie gras went into effect, making the production and sale of the French delicacy illegal in California. Very promptly thereafter, a lawsuit was filed alleging, among other issues, that the law is unconstitutionally vague. As part of their suit, the plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the law until the case is decided. According to the Associated Press, however, that request was denied by the district court judge yesterday.

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Lawsuit Claims Foie Gras Ban Is Unconstitutional

By Tien Nguyen Thu., Jul. 5 2012 at 10:00 AM
Categories: Foie gras, Food & The Law

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Anne Fishbein
Foie gras terrine at Mezze
On July 1, the countdown clock hit zero and California's ban on foie gras went into effect. But, as one might predict, the law barely lasted one full business day before a lawsuit was filed against it. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a complaint filed in federal district court on Monday alleges that the ban, which prohibits the sale of any product that results from force-feeding a bird for the purpose of enlarging its liver beyond its "normal size," is vague and unconstitutional.

Three plaintiffs filed the lawsuit, including a New York producer of duck products, a Canadian nonprofit organization that represents the interests of foie gras producers and exporters in Quebec, and Hot's Restaurant Group, which operates Hot's Kitchen in Hermosa Beach and Hot's Cantina in Northridge.

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CBS Talks to Voltaggio, Andres + California's Only Foie Farmer About the Upcoming Ban

By Besha Rodell Wed., Jun. 20 2012 at 2:30 PM
Categories: Foie gras, L.A. Chefs, L.A. Restaurants

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Screenshot from CBS News
As California's foie gras ban rapidly approaches, more and more media outlets are starting to pay attention. This morning, CBS ran a story about diners, protesters and the chefs in L.A. They interviewed chefs Michael Voltaggio (ink.) and Josiah Citrin (Melisse), and captured the tensions between diners and protesters outside Citrin's restaurant, where, the story claims, Citrin is struggling to keep up with demand for foie gras even as demonstrators outside harangue customers as they enter.

Reporter Ben Tracy also visits Guillermo Gonzalez, the only California foie gras farmer, as he shuts down his farm.

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LudoBites, the Cookbook: Pre-Order Now + a Recipe for Ludo's Foie Gras Miso Soup

By Amy Scattergood Wed., Jun. 20 2012 at 1:42 PM
Categories: Chef Recipes, Cookbook Authors, Cookbooks, Foie gras

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from the LudoBites cookbook
For all of you who constantly check Los Angeles chef Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter feed and LudoBites website for updates on his latest pop-up, who surf the Sundance Channel and drive by Gram & Papa's to check for rooster paraphernalia, who DM the chef and his wife offers of babysitting, soon you can thumb through the LudoBites cookbook instead. Cook some of Ludo's recipes. It's even more fun than stalking!

Ecco won't publish LudoBites: Recipes and Stories From the Pop-Up Restaurants of Ludo Lefebvre until early October, but you can pre-order the book on Amazon if it'll make you feel better.

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10 Best Foie Gras Dishes in Los Angeles

By Garrett Snyder Thu., Jun. 14 2012 at 2:06 PM
Categories: Foie gras, L.A. Restaurants

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foie gras loco moco
On July 1, the boom finally drops: The country's first statewide ban on foie gras goes into effect in California, making it illegal to serve or sell. For more on this, check out our critic Besha Rodell's consideration of the Last Days of Foie Gras.

In honor of the work by chefs and kitchen staff done over the past months to create some of the most innovative and sumptuous foie dishes in existence, as well as to provide you with a chance to sample the goods in the scant two weeks before they're snatched off menus, we've highlighted some of our favorite foie gras dishes in Los Angeles. Turn the page.

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Fork Lift

On Foie Gras: The Upcoming Ban, Los Angeles Chefs + Culinary Creativity

By Amy Scattergood Thu., Jun. 14 2012 at 7:09 AM
Categories: Foie gras, Fork Lift

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Foie gras terrine at Mezze
If you're the sort of person who has a foie gras countdown clock -- 16 days and counting, as calibrated by some NASA engineer hiding out in a Périgord bunker -- you will be interested in today's feature food story, in which Besha Rodell considers the Last Days of Foie Gras. If you're a committed vegetarian, it's still an fascinating issue, since the upcoming ban is not simply about ducks and Sacramento, but a serious culinary tradition.

So, for the moment, let's put aside the politics of the thing. I know it's hard. For some, it's impossible -- to true believers, the very existence of an article that talks about foie in anything less than horrific terms is an abomination. But as someone who spends her life invested in the experience and flavor of things, what interests me is how chefs view foie as an ingredient and what they -- and we, as an extension -- lose when it goes away.

Read the story.

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Foie Gras Apathy: Lazy Ox Canteen's 'Forget Foie' Menu

By Garrett Snyder Tue., Jun. 12 2012 at 12:50 PM
Categories: Eat & Drink Calendar, Foie gras, Offal

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Lazy Ox Burger (Imagine this plus a slice of beef liver)
Chef Perfecto Rocher wants to help take your mind off the upcoming foie gras ban by reminding you that there are tons of other tasty animal livers that make for perfectly suitable ingredients. While many other restaurants are hosting all-out foie feasts, Lazy Ox Canteen is planning a "Forget Foie" menu -- intended to "celebrate [their] apathy" with the foie gras issue -- set to run as an a la carte menu. On June 29-30, the menu will feature alternatives to foie like braised octopus with monkfish liver (known as the "foie gras of the sea"), beef liver cooked "a la plancha" with roasted yams, and a Lazy Ox burger topped off with lamb's liver. Remember what your mother said about eating liver. Turn the page for the full menu.

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And Now, a Brief Message From Ludo Lefebvre (Foie Alert)

By Amy Scattergood Mon., May 21 2012 at 11:08 AM
Categories: Foie gras, Twitter

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Screenshot of Ludo Lefebvre's Twitter page

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Group Plans to Protest Melisse's Foie Gras Dinner Tonight

By Tien Nguyen Mon., May 14 2012 at 3:30 PM
Categories: Foie gras

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Melisse
Tonight, Melisse will take part in the "Northern California vs. Southern California Foie Battle," a six-course, $200 per person foie gras dinner that supports the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards and its efforts to repeal the upcoming statewide ban on the delicacy. But this will be a two-front war, as the restaurant also will have to contend with a protest led by the Animal Protection and Rescue League. According to the Santa Monica Mirror, the League will be outside Melisse to essentially protest the restaurant's protest of the ban, a scene, we're guessing, that will be played and replayed until the ban takes effect on July 1. Protesters will be at the restaurant by 7:30 p.m.

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Lawsuit Seeks Federal Ban on Foie Gras

By Tien Nguyen Fri., May 11 2012 at 1:26 PM
Categories: Foie gras, Food & Justice, Food & The Law

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Foie gras doughnut at Umamicatessen
And the foie gras wars continue: According to Courthouse News, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and other animal-rights organizations filed a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for continuing to permit the sale of foie gras. The lawsuit claims that the federal agency's failure to ban the delicacy effectively violates the Poultry Products Inspection Act, which prohibits the sale of products derived from diseased poultry. In its press release, ALDF executive director Stephen Wells says, "The USDA is effectively exempting force-fed foie gras from the scrutiny required by federal law, allowing foie gras producers to market diseased organs as gourmet delicacies."

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