A photographic foie gras farewell for California

For all our friends in California, who will no longer be able to enjoy foie gras after Senate Bill 1520 takes effect on July 1,we offer the following farewell on behalf of foie gras dishes from our favorite Paris restaurants.

Foie gras torchon with boozy cherries from Frenchie
(photo: Barbra Austin)

Feuilleté of foie gras and fresh truffle from L’Ambroisie
(photo: Food Snob)

Foie gras de Landes from L’Ami Louis
(photo: Julien Tort)

Duck confit with foie gras from Au Fil des Saisons
(photo: Meg Zimbeck)

Foie gras terrine with fruit glaze from L’Auberge du 15
(photo: Patricia Wells)

Foie gras sushi from Guilo Guilo
(photo: Meg Zimbeck)

Foie gras with grape gelée, girolles, candied muscat grapes & rainette apples from Kei
(photo: Bruno Verjus)

Seared foie gras with strawberries, red onion & basil from Vivant
(photo: Meg Zimbeck)

Salad of duck breast & foie gras from Au Clocher de Montmartre
(photo: Barbra Austin)

Terrine of foie gras, oxtail & eel from Septime
(photo: Naomi Dean)

Foie gras, eel and a slice of beet cooked in salt from Senderens
(photo: Julien Tort)

Foie gras from Zinc Caïus
(photo: Barbra Austin)

Crème brûlée of foie gras with peanuts from MBC
(photo: Julien Tort)

Truffled foie gras ravioli from Le Grand Véfour
(photo: Barbra Austin)

Foie gras with beet and green apple from Kei
(photo: Meg Zimbeck)

Suckling pig with foie gras from Chez Grenouille
(photo: Barbra Austin)

Related Links:

Against the ban

• Waddling into the sunset by Jesse McKinley of the New York Times
• Dispatches from the foie gras wars – why fatty duck liver isn’t the devil by Dana McMahan
• Five reasons why the foie gras ban in California is super-stupid by Jenn Wohletz

For the ban

• Video footage of force feeding in the United States by the Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL)
• The pain behind foie gras by PETA
• List of European countries where foie gras production is prohibited by Farm Sanctuary