I love foie gras
I never eat it,though.What I eat instead is pate champignon…the poor woman’s version-I guess.
Speaking of cheaper alternatives, I absolutely can’t stand that stuff they call mousse, as in pate mousse or whatever.It usually can be found in the higher end markets right next to the pate in a little tub with a seal of aspic covering it.
Call me immature but that really grosses me out!
The best foie gras I ever ate was at Le Cirque…the portion I received probably cost 25 dollars.I wasn’t paying and so I chowed down.
Second best was at Cafe des Artistes .My grandma and her late husband Charlie took me as a celebration for graduating SVA art school(college).
It is thanks to my grandmother that I know anything at all about fine food,though she is also obsessed with people being too heavy–so the two interests clash from time to time and mostly over the size of my ass.She is a fineboned bird-like creature.I am the spawn of Irish and Russian(erEastern European) peasant stock.And when I say peasant do you picture me laboring in the fields?I don’t do that anymore! But still, I am nobody’s little flower.
I also owe my dad some credit-for teaching me the value of cooking for yourself.
When I used to work with my dad we spent many hours talking about our shopping for good food ingredients and recipes.My father is a very good cook and I wish he would include in his books more of his recipes-or at least write a book based on his recipes alone.
I think it would go over really well.