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Did Brian pique your curiosity with his reference to Emma Bloomberg's wedding last weekend (foie gras was the connection, it was apparently served at the ceremony)? Veiled Conceit and The Politicker have some interesting speculation about the mayor's daughter's nuptials.

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Both "Downing Street Memos" only reinforce the evidence that President Bush lied and lied again about the necessity and our preparedness for the invasion of Iraq and thepost "shock and awe" bombings of the country. These abject lies are definite reasons for impeachment of Geroge W. Bush.
-JK

The Hudson Valley gentleman is under the impression that just because some Veterinarians say that the overfeeding of ducks and geese is not cruel doesn't make it so (and the opposite is true, too). But I work in the fine dining industry and I don't touch foie gras, nor veal, due to it's cruelty and it is apparent when you eat it. Veal is, essentially, no longer a red meat and bland in its fatness, and foie gras has a soapy taste, it's so fat. When one sees the size and color of foie gras, I can't see how anyone can refute that it doesn't look unnatural.
-CC

For awhile I was all for ending the force-feeding of geese because it did seem cruel. However, why all of the sudden are people becoming so self-righteous about certain topics and not others. I would be more willing to engage in this discussion if these same people arguing it should be banned also were willing to say we should ban industrial chicken raising or cow milk production. It is so hypocritical and I think they do it because it is easy since so few people eat fois gras so there is little opposition to such an initiative.
-BT