Foie Gras Wars author Mark Caro on Mar. 25 at Book Passage SF

[Guest guest]

MARK CARO, author of THE FOIE GRAS WARS: HOW A 5,000-YEAR-OLD DELICACY INSPIRED

THE WORLD'S FIERCEST FOOD FIGHT. Wed., Mar. 25, 6:00 p.m. Book Passage, 1 Ferry

Plaza, San Francisco. (415) 835-1020. As foie gras has emerged from its obscure

luxury status to become a foodie favorite, the methods of its production have

fallen under fervent inquiry. Caro joins in the debate about what people know

and don't know about what they eat.

http://www.bookpassage.com/event_detailed.php?id=2239

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Reward for not serving foie gras proposed

Heather Knight

Saturday, March 21, 2009

This is just the kind of legislation that gets us salivating. Supervisor Ross

Mirkarimi wants the Board of Supervisors to pass legislation that officially

commends restaurants that have stopped serving foie gras.

The fancy food - the fattened liver of a force-fed duck or goose - will be

outlawed in California starting in 2012.

" Why not get ahead of the curve in San Francisco and spotlight the fact that

it's extremely cruel and inhumane to be offering foie gras? " he said, noting he

was munching on veggie falafel during the phone interview.

Mirkarimi said it's this kind of proposed legislation - controversial, yet

purely symbolic - that prompts nationwide attention.

" I'll be honest with you - we don't put that much time into this. We craft these

within minutes, " he said. " It thrills me that others actually find meaning in it

who aren't even in San Francisco. "

We know one person at City Hall who likely won't find the legislation useful or

good: Mayor Gavin Newsom. Some of his Plumpjack restaurants still serve foie

gras.

Nathan Ballard, Newsom's press secretary, said with sarcasm, " Clearly Supervisor

Mirkarimi has crafted a solution to what he thinks is one of the most

challenging issues facing our city. This landmark legislation will soon seek its

place in the history books. "

- Heather Knight

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/21/BAB916KA3A.DTL

This article appeared on page B - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle

 

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> MARK CARO, author of THE FOIE GRAS WARS: HOW A 5,000-YEAR-OLD DELICACY

INSPIRED THE WORLD'S FIERCEST FOOD FIGHT. Wed., Mar. 25, 6:00 p.m. Book Passage,

1 Ferry Plaza, San Francisco. (415) 835-1020. As foie gras has emerged from its

obscure luxury status to become a foodie favorite, the methods of its production

have fallen under fervent inquiry. Caro joins in the debate about what people

know and don't know about what they eat.

> http://www.bookpassage.com/event_detailed.php?id=2239

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