Critter News

MAY 8, 2009

San Francisco supervisors have passed a resolution supporting city restaurants that remove foie gras from their menus. Foie gras is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by force feeding. Tags: meat california foie gras. I just find the whole description vile and gruesome.).

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2009

When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor. Bo Obama celebrated his birthday with a doghouse cake made out of veal.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Throughout the entire show, the judges and contestants always refer to their meats as the "protein." Protein is not dependent on meat at all. I've seen two chefs wear stupid meat-inspired shirts. Today, I've seen an elimination challenge involving snails and foie gras. That's not true. That is total misinformation.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Here is a Wall Street Journal column about foie gras.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Some might argue that while eating meat is in general acceptable, we are under an obligation to abstain from meat produced in particularly harsh ways: from veal perhaps, or from lobster or from pâté de foie gras.

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