With rich flavors, luxe ingredients, and complex cooking techniques, this delicious Thanksgiving menu is sure to wow your foodie friends. Start with brioche toasts topped with foie gras, date purée, and pomegranate seeds. Caviar with cream cheese on peppered crackers is another hors d'oeuvres option that comes together easily with elements from a gourmet grocery store.
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While on the first date with the love of her life, Édith Piaf — one of France's most beloved popstars — demands that her date, Marcel Cerdan, take her to a fancy restaurant. The boxer hopes to dine on pastrami sandwiches while Piaf— a diva in her own time — is hungry for tournedos rossini. A decadent dish that includes a thick slab of steak, foie gras, truffles, and a red-wine sauce, tournedos rossini are not for every day. 
Foie gras is definitely a controversial subject, some folks love the way it tastes and don't care about how it's produced, while others won't go near it because of how it's produced. There are even those who love it, but feel too guilty to eat it.
We could get into a big debate over whether or not foie gras is cruel — sidenote: did anyone see Anthony Bourdain's Holiday Special segment about it?
Seems like a lot of folks find the idea of this PB & J Foie Gras "Sandwich" revolting. I however, find it absolutely intriguing. - NY Observer via Gawker
I'm a huge fan of vintage food advertisements in foreign languages. I love the primary colors, illustrations, and how people now use them as posters to decorate their kitchens. Inspired by the classic L'Instant Tattinger poster of an elegantly dressed female posing behind a gigantic glass of champagne that used to hang in my Spanish apartment I set out to find more vintage French ad posters. 
We recently had an interesting discussion about foie gras and how it's produced. I know that some people are extremely opposed to it, due to the inhumane way that it's produced, so much so that it has even been banned in the city of Chicago. Now I personally love the stuff (it's a pretty new revelation and I'm sad I went years without trying it) and would be pretty upset if it were banned here. 
Yesterday, I mentioned how Wolfgang Puck is putting a nine-point program in place in hopes of raising the bar on farm animal treatment. And in general, I agree with these policies (I don't know many die-hard foodlovers who really don't). I've read all the "required" reading (Fast Food Nation, Omnivore's Dilemma and The Way We Eat), and understand that the way we produce our food is neither nice to think about, nor necessarily good for us. 
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