num_pages: 368
description: Traces the history of the popular bird-liver delicacy from its origins five thousand years ago through its reemergence as a luxury food in an account that explores modern controversies pertaining to its production and the ways foie gras has become an object of cultural battles.
language: English
title: The Foie Gras Wars: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight
publisher: Simon & Schuster