Theirs comes with duck confit, caramelised balsamic onions and a foie gras and red wine sauce.
And then, amid the foie frenzy, one chef is boldly thinking out of the box.
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Before that, she had a multicourse foie gras dinner at Martins West in Redwood City, Calif.
Although her menu changes often, a recent menu included octopus, foie gras and honeydew sorbet.
Poached eggs crown a halved, housemade biscuit with a slab of Hudson Valley foie gras.
Sometimes, he even makes macaroons that sound actively disgusting: ketchup, or foie gras and chocolate.
Dirk Niepoort even likes his tawny port with a slice of foie gras.
As I was winding down my tasting, I asked Chef Rocher whether he would miss foie gras.
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For me at least, a California sans foie gras is going to be that much less tasty.
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But foie gras producers say they're being targeted by people whose ultimate goal is a meat-free world.
At the center was a wheel-shaped ballotine of chicken, inlaid with chicken liver, foie gras and Louisiana crayfish.
Sales to California normally are about 20% of business at Hudson Valley Foie Gras, a New York farm.
You can also choose Canadian bacon instead of foie gras for a less decadent start to your day.
With last-minute demand, California's only foie gras farm, Sonoma-Artisan Foie Gras, is essentially sold out, says owner Guillermo Gonzalez.
"The bitterness of the chocolate offset the richness of the foie, " she says.
For dessert, have the deep-fried FoieGoreos (Oreos with foie gras icing), of course!
Who would expect foie gras shooters from a Texan in a cowboy hat?
America has recently banned French foie-gras: apparently it is not up to scratch.
The foie gras burger has become the bestseller, led by heavy media coverage.
Wolfgang Puck is a villain because he caved in to anti foie-gras pressure, and eliminated the item from his menus.
Mr. Scherotter and others expect some restaurants to turn into "duckeasies, " where diners can order foie gras using certain code words.
Foie Gras Mousse at Fleur by Hubert Kellerfoie gras on top with some Meyer lemon confit and a foie gras jus.
Foie-gras production can be a form of abuse but is not necessarily so, for an enlarged liver can still be healthy.
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"We are always fully booked and Mauro really enjoys creating a special menu with truffles and foie gras, " said a spokesperson.
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The fowl are raised in an ethically and ecologically sound manner, and the geese are not force-fed to produce the foie gras on offer.
The chef set up a table for one in the corner of the kitchen, and I feasted on foie gras, truffled vermicelli and scallops.
Last week, the French were outraged anew by an American ban on the import of foie gras and other French meat products.
Quail, frog-legs, shots of frothy foie gras and buttery shallots served out of bowl-sized ivory shells very Birth of Venus made a lasting impression.
Diners praise the six-course tasting menu, which covers culinary ground with everything from a local foie gras to chef Giovanni Apollo's masterful chocolate dessert creations.
Japanese remember foie gras as a high-priced luxury of the bubble-economy years.
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