Obamas Favorite NY Restaurant Losing Sex Appeal With Foie Gras
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 13th, 2009 in Animal Issues, Business, Food & Drink, Politicians, Restaurants.
Blue Hill restaurant in New York received a great deal of attention after a tipster told the press Barack Obama and wife Michelle had a dinner date there.
Now, Observer writer Rachel Cook is calling vegetables from Blue Hill the “new sex.”
This should really increase business.
“Mesmerised, I removed a carrot from its spike, and took a bite. “Vegetables,” I thought. “They’re the new sex.”
Blue Hill is somewhat an environmental eatery, with ingredients being sourced from local farmers, Barber being championed a locavore by the media.
But Blue Hill isn’t a vegetarian restaurant, by any means.
The menu will make you cover your eyes as selections containing pork, chicken, and the dreaded baby animal veal are included.
And Blue Hill chef Dan Barber has discussed how to make foie gras for his restaurant in the future.
To experiment, Barber had “free-range” geese and didn’t use gavage.
An expert he called upon, Eduardo Sousa, doesn’t believe in force feeding methods to fatten a goose’s liver, saying he believes in “ethical foie gras.”
Barber was less than satisfied, calling the geese livers “ping-pong sized.”
In his determination to succeed in getting foie gras on the plate, will Barber resort to crueler farming practices?
Ideally, Blue Hill would put more locally grown plant based dishes on its menu.
Perhaps find that sought after chef who can create faux foie gras.
Because at Blue Hill, vegetables may be the new sex, but they’re not having nearly as much of it as they could.
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