Hi Pete,

It was reported in the national press this week that this pate is served in Jamie's restaurants.  Are you saying it isn't served in any of them?  I presume if this in eroneous that it will be pointed out to them and an apology printed.

I don't approve of intensively reared chicken farming either and this too is a cruel practice.  However, my post wasn't about this - if everyone refused to buy pate de foie gras this practice would cease.

Many of the artisanal foie gras producers have a wonderful relationship with their birds, treating them very much like pets - Tony Bourdain writes interestingly on the subject.

I've only ever tried it once and it was delicious - I wouldn't eat it on a regular basis, but you'd never find me eating turkey "ham".

mrs. arellano,  Where have you been?  We've missed you on here!

Jamie's wonderful work has been within the field of social & nutritional advancement.  Perhaps if people channeled the same amount of energy used to save the whales into saving our children, perhaps we could once and for all abolish the problem of obesity and diabetes that is now set to cripple the coming generations.