Comments on: Bon Appétit Ducks the Foie Gras issue http://paperpalate.net/2006/02/10/bon_appetit_ducks_the_foie_gras_issue/ Food and wine in magazines and newspapers, cookbook reviews Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:54:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Barbara Fisher http://paperpalate.net/2006/02/10/bon_appetit_ducks_the_foie_gras_issue/#comment-123 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:11:38 +0000 http://paperpalate.net/2006/02/10/bon_appetit_ducks_the_foie_gras_issue/#comment-123 It is a tough call. <br /> <br /> I don't eat foie gras often enough to really worry over it much, so I don't. But, if I did eat it more often, I am not certain what sort of decision I would come to. <br /> <br /> It is a grey area. The entire world doesn't have to be black and white, so why try and force it to be? It is a tough call.

I don’t eat foie gras often enough to really worry over it much, so I don’t. But, if I did eat it more often, I am not certain what sort of decision I would come to.

It is a grey area. The entire world doesn’t have to be black and white, so why try and force it to be?

]]> by: Derrick Schneider http://paperpalate.net/2006/02/10/bon_appetit_ducks_the_foie_gras_issue/#comment-122 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:12:29 +0000 http://paperpalate.net/2006/02/10/bon_appetit_ducks_the_foie_gras_issue/#comment-122 When I did my big Art of Eating piece on the dilemma of foie gras in 2004, I also couldn't come to a final conclusion. I held off writing my last paragraph, knowing that I was going to have to make some sort of decision. <br /> <br /> Finally, I just said I can't. It's too fuzzy and gray, more so I would argue than other forms of food production. You can buy ethically raised beef, but you can't buy foie gras that's been made without force-feeding.<br /> <br /> I've had numerous people say they wish I had made a decision, and I've heard other people (including, thankfully, my editor) say that they liked that I acknowledged the grayness. When I did my big Art of Eating piece on the dilemma of foie gras in 2004, I also couldn’t come to a final conclusion. I held off writing my last paragraph, knowing that I was going to have to make some sort of decision.

Finally, I just said I can’t. It’s too fuzzy and gray, more so I would argue than other forms of food production. You can buy ethically raised beef, but you can’t buy foie gras that’s been made without force-feeding.

I’ve had numerous people say they wish I had made a decision, and I’ve heard other people (including, thankfully, my editor) say that they liked that I acknowledged the grayness.

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