Foie is back!
Aldermen better watch their livers. The Chicago City Council has lifted the foie gras ban, according to the ChicagoTribune.com's Clout Street Blog. But duck-friendly Ald. Joe Moore (49th), the sponsor of the two-year old band, was very displeased indeed. "Tomorrow, it could happen to you," he warned his fellow lawmakers when Mayor Daley ignored his shouted pleas. What could happen to them? What did he mean? Was someone going to force feed them to death? We're confused.
There's no confusion at Cryano's Bistrot. Chef-owner Didier Durand, one of the ban's most outspoken critics, is ecstatic. "All the restaurants have been calling me," he told us. "They know how hard I have worked." Durand plans a press conference this afternoon where he says a live duck will be present. (We're not sure if he's joking.) "We're going to paint the town with foie gras!" We hope he's not speaking literally.