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Let Them Eat Foie

  1. Let Them Eat Foie
    13 States Push Supreme Court to Reconsider Foie Gras BanPro-foie gras forces say California’s ban leaves room for constitutional debate.
    By Hugh Merwin
  2. Let Them Eat Foie
    Federal Appeals Court Upholds California’s Foie Gras BanThe three-judge panel said the ban on the sale of fatty livers is entirely constitutional.
    By Hugh Merwin
  3. Let Them Eat Foie
    Under Heavy PETA Pressure, Broadway by Santana Agrees to Stop Giving Foie GrasChefs still offering the banned delicacy are being besieged by angry emails, Facebook messages, and calls.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  4. Let Them Eat Foie
    PETA Threatens Two O.C. Chefs For Giving Guests Banned Foie GrasBroadway by Amar Santana gave away twelve pounds of the banned ingredient last week as a free side with a $55 glass of wine.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  5. Let Them Eat Foie
    Napa’s La Toque Gets Sued for Serving Foie GrasChef Ken Frank maintains he serves the stuff spontaneously, and always as a “gift.”
    By Jay Barmann
  6. Let Them Eat Foie
    PETA Still Sweating Hot’s KitchenThe organization asks the South Bay restaurant to “swear off foie gras for good.”
    By Hadley Tomicki
  7. Guest Stars
    This Is Not a Pop-Up Moving To Tiago, Teasing Us With Foie GrasThe banned delicacy “may or may not” be given away this week at Tiago Espresso Bar.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  8. Let Them Eat Foie
    Can We Call This “Bathtub Foie Gras?”Walter Manzker shares his secret for jerry-rigging the forbidden delicacy.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  9. Let Them Eat Foie
    Foie Gras Ban a Boon for Nevada Restaurants, BusinessesWouldn’t you know it, CA foie fans are paying top dollar for the stuff across the border.
    By Jay Barmann
  10. Let Them Eat Foie
    Reno Turning Into Haven For Foie Gras LoversFoie-deprived Californians are heading to Nevada.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  11. Let Them Eat Foie
    PETA Protesting Hot’s Kitchen TodayMembers will bear signs and hand out flyers to object to the restaurant offering free foie gras.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  12. Let Them Eat Foie
    Preliminary Injunction On Foie Gras Ban FoiledA lawsuit filed by pro-foie forces will still have it days in court.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  13. Let Them Eat Foie
    French Brasserie Offers Free Foie Gras to Californians With IDProvence’s Bistrot des Alpilles is giving away a first course to Left Coasters with their papers in order.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  14. Let Them Eat Foie
    France’s President Plans to Make It Rain Foie GrasIs Francois Hollande taking a stand against the ban or just embracing a little nationalist bluster?
    By Hadley Tomicki
  15. Let Them Eat Foie!
    Presidio Social Club Backs Down, Stops ‘Promoting’ Foie GrasThat doesn’t mean they won’t still be serving it…
    By Jay Barmann
  16. Let Them Eat Foie!
    Foie Gras Lady Becomes a MemeL.A. resident Karlene Bley probably doesn’t even know what a meme is.
    By Jay Barmann
  17. Let Them Eat Foie
    Foie Gras Update: Judge Denies Temporary Injunction; Acquerello Plays WithA Los Angeles judge was unmoved by several foie producers’ claims of financial harm, but the lawsuit challenging the law will proceed.
    By Jay Barmann
  18. Let Them Eat Foie
    Where to Find Foie Gras In San FranciscoSee our regularly updated blind-item list, in re: where to find ‘complimentary’ foie.
    By Jay Barmann
  19. Let Them Eat Foie
    Where to Find Foie Gras in Southern CaliforniaUsing loopholes and clever dodging, the forbidden delicacy is still to be found in the Southland.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  20. Let Them Eat Foie
    Foie Gras Spotted in The South BayA running guide to locating the illicit delicacy in The City of Angels.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  21. Let Them Eat Foie
    Foie Still Popping Up in L.A. and The BayFormer Cafe Pinot chef Kevin Meehan claims to “know a guy who knows a guy.”
    By Hadley Tomicki
  22. Let Them Eat Foie!
    Chez TJ First to Advertise ‘Complimentary’ Foie GrasWay to be bold.
    By Jay Barmann
  23. Let Them Eat Foie
    French Snub Their Noses at the Foie Gras Ban; S.F. Restaurant Starts Serving ItS.F.’s Presidio Social Club’s lawyers believe they are exempt from the ban.
    By Jay Barmann
  24. Let Them Eat Foie
    Now That Foie Gras Is Illegal, Here’s What California Chefs Are StillChefs like Hubert Keller and Thomas Keller are finding equally expensive ingredients to tout on menus.
    By Jay Barmann
  25. Let Them Eat Foie
    San Clemente Cafe The First To Flagrantly Flout Foie Gras BanChef Antoine Price says he’s ready to go to jail for the delicacy.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  26. Let Them Eat Foie
    Lawsuit Seeking to Stop Foie Gras Ban Filed in Los Angeles CourtOne day after the ban took effect, a coalition that includes Hudson Valley Foie Gras is looking to overturn the law, and may be seeking an immediate injunction to freeze it.
    By Jay Barmann
  27. Let Them Eat Foie
    Anti-Foie Gras Activists Checking Up on Local Restaurants to See IfSounds like the anti-foie brigade is going to try to do their own policing. Good luck.
    By Jay Barmann
  28. Quote of the Day
    Does This Mean We Need to Find a New Dealer?Campanile chef Mark Peel thinks so.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  29. Let Them Eat Foie
    Another Final Secret Underground Foie Gras Dinner via the Trick Dog TeamIt’s happening Saturday, just before midnight and the start of the ban, which will barely be a ban at all.
    By Jay Barmann
  30. Let Them Eat Foie
    How Providence Plans to Protest Foie BanMichael Cimarusti is cooking up a subdued surprise on his menu.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  31. Leftovers
    Church & State’s New Cocktails; Little Taiwan Gets Close-Up on EasyChing-He Huang’s latest episode finds her in Monterey Park.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  32. Let The Eat Foie
    Foie Ban Starts Sunday; Foie Will Still Be Easy to Find on MondayCalifornia cops admit they’re not really planning a major crackdown on the stuff, as long as chefs tap every loophole they can find.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  33. Let Them Eat Foie
    The Royce Plans 30 Courses of Foie, June 28-30The chef has a blunt laundry list of ingredients he’ll pair with the taboo liver, plus five surprises for the chef’s table.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  34. Let Them Eat Foie
    There May Be Hope for Ending the Foie Gras Prohibition … Next YearA state senator says she’s considering authoring the legislation to overturn the ban.
    By Jay Barmann
  35. Let The Eat Foie
    Beer Belly Presents ‘Gone, But Not Foiegotten,’ June 30 in KTownChef Wes Leiberher might be the Shakespeare of questionable foie gras wordplay.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  36. Let Them Eat Foie
    Three More Foie-Focused Dinners On the Way From Beer Belly, Cafe del Rey, andBeer Belly’s bash is planned for California’s final night of legal foie.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  37. The New Kid
    Rodell Rounds Up Local Foie BoostersMicah Wexler worries about the precedent being set, while Michael Voltaggio is excited for the challenge a ban may present.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  38. Let Them Eat Foie
    A Foie Gras Producer Reflects on an Embattled Decade26-year-old Sonoma Artisan Foie Gras is closing at the end of the month.
    By Jay Barmann
  39. Let Them Eat Foie
    Lazy Ox Says ‘Forget Foie’ With Two-Night Menu of Potential AlternativesThe menu plays with monkfish liver and sheep’s liver.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  40. Let Them Eat Foie
    L.A. and S.F. Chefs Look Beyond the BanMichael Pollan thinks the upcoming restriction placed on foie gras is just red herring.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  41. Let Them Eat Foie
    What You Missed at The Wilshire’s ‘Foie Festival’Protestors refusing cookies from the kitchen, Mark Peel eulogizing a still-living Paul Bocuse, a 13-year-old chef, and over six courses of duck liver.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  42. Let Them Eat Foie
    T.G.I.F.F.: Thank God It’s Foie FridayLocal chefs stand up for their West Coast culinary counterparts.
    By Collin Keefe
  43. Let Them Eat Foie
    Dan Moody Uncovers Foie Protestors’ Sneaky YelpingActivists are slowly dragging Melisse’s rating down on the site.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  44. Let Them Eat Foie
    Ludo Speaks on His Foie Gras Swan Song With Jon and Vinny at Son of a Gun“I am French. Foie gras is a God given right, so I will fight for my right to foie,” Lefebvre says of what could be his final night working with the delicacy in L.A.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  45. Let Them Eat Foie
    Animal Rights Group Won’t Allow L.A. To Enjoy Foie Gras Quietly While It LastsFollowing protests at Melisse last night, Wilshire will be next to host a multi-chef benefit dinner for C.H.E.F.S.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  46. Let Them Eat Foie
    Restaurateur Says Puck Still Served Foie Gras in February, Condemns Senator’sBurton’s words, Pastore argues, could incite more violent action from extremists.
    By Jay Barmann
  47. Let Them Eat Foie
    Niki Nakayama Taking On Six Courses of Foie GrasThe kaiseki specialist’s dinner will offer six Japanese methods for working with the delicacy.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  48. Let Them Eat Foie
    State Senate Won’t Waste Its Important Time Discussing Foie GrasMaybe 100 foie gras-loving chefs can be wrong.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  49. Let Them Eat Foie
    CA Legislature Says It Has ‘Higher Priorities’ Than Foie GrasThe CA State Senate says they’ve got budget problems to deal with that are bigger than the right to eat foie gras.
    By Jay Barmann
  50. Let Them Eat Foie
    Is Wolfgang Puck a Foie Hypocrite? Or Just a Bad Gambler?He says he supports the ban, and that foie gras is cruel … but he’s still serving it in Singapore!
    By Jay Barmann
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