Force-feeding ducks to make foie gras is not cruel, say French farmers, who are angry over moves to prohibit the production and sale of the delicacy Foie gras producer Yves Boissière promises visitors to his farm a comprehensive A-to-Z tour of France’s controversial delicacy. The starting point, or A, is the heated “nursery” containing 800 two-day-old yellow-down male ducklings taking their first oblivious steps on the path to a dinner plate. The day ends with Z, a dinner of foie gras and duck breasts at the farm’s nearby restaurant. In between, there is a guided tour of the farm, a stop at Boissière’s “foie gras museum” – the only one in France – a “dégustation” of foie gras and a cookery lesson

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