Dale Rice has had a passion for food since his mother let him stand on a kitchen chair to stir the cake batter and then lick the bowl at the tender age of 5. Restaurant critic and wine writer for the Austin American-Statesman, he has been writing about the local food scene for the last 12 years. He lives in South Austin with 1,500 cookbooks and a 100-year-old wagon wheel for a pot rack.
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By Dale Rice
| Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 03:07 PM
The Chicago City Council today repealed its 2-year-old ban on foie gras. According to the Chicago Tribune Web site, the council voted 37-6 to overturn the measure, which opponents contended made Chicago a laughingstock.
The first major American city to ban foie gras, Chicago became an important symbol for the anti-foie-gras movement. Now, restaurants in this city that is one of the United States’ leading culinary centers will be able to serve the fatty duck liver again without fear of legal consequences.
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By Paul Silver
May 14, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this
Bravo! This was love of animals taken to its unreasonable extreme.