It's one of gastronomy's ultimate luxuries yet rarely far from controversy.
From July 1, the sale of foie gras – the butter-soft, forcibly fattened liver of duck or goose – is to be banned in California, the first state in the US to do so. It's a victory for animal rights protesters, who see pushing a feeding tube down the gullet of the bird to enlarge its liver by up to 10 times its normal size as cruel.
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