have you ever wondered what or where foie gras actually comes from? my chef (Leif Evans) @iceculinary gave us this great explanation to tell us about what foie gras really is. just a reminder that he is not making any statements about foie gras being ethical or not, just stating the facts about how it has been harvested and methods that are used today as well (he certainly knows many farms do still force feed their animals). it is fascinating to learn about such high-end expensive items since th

Chefs see it as a culinary necessity. Activists see it as the product of torture. Farmers see it as their livelihood. How did foie gras become such a contested dish? EDITOR'S NOTE: In a previous version of this video, farmer Marcus Henley said the ducklings "double in weight every day for about twenty days," but in fact the ducklings double in weight roughly every three days. A previous version of this video also excluded the Sinai Peninsula from a map of Egypt. We corrected the map to include t