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4th Course: Torchon of Foie Gras by ulterior epicure

The Palace: Splendor in the Foie Gras

The Palace… hustled into being one year ago with an acute sense of terminal decadence. Was there ever more an obscene moment to launch the most expensive restaurant in town? The Dow Jones was so low its chin pinched its toes?  Breakfasts grew bitter at the specter of swollen Mauritanian bellies haunting the morning paper. All summer New York City teetered on the edge… a fat rotten apple.
It was a time to buy gold, talk poor and postpone that new sable. Even

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View of The Venetian Las Vegas from the Palazzo by Mastery of Maps

There a literally hundreds of options when trying to decide upon the proper hotel arrangements when visiting a city such as Las Vegas Nevada that caters to millions of visitors and tourists annually; however, the Budget Suites Las Vegas offers a unique combination of typical hotel amenities and conveniences and long term apartment style living. Founded on the basis of trying to make it easier for individuals, be it for business or pleasure, to stay in a place long term for an affordable price without the…

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1st Course: Torchon of Foie Gras by ulterior epicure

York has become the first English city to ban the sale of foie gras in all council premises in the city, after a motion proposed by labour Councillor Paul Blanchard was unanimously passed by fellow councillors.
Foie Gras pate is produced from the livers of ducks and geese, where pneumatic pumps are used to force feed the birds, expanding their livers to almost ten times their normal size. It is this practice which incurs the wrath of animal rights groups and provided the basis on which Blanchard made his proposal…

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Las Vegas | Aria at Night by lkiller123

All desirable locations all over the world draw millions of visitors and tourists annually to hundreds of different hotels and motels in each particular locale creating hundreds of millions of dollars for the local community; however, competition between local hotels and motels, changing seasons, and local situations create changing and fluctuating hotel prices – Las Vegas hotel prices are no different. Over the last two decades, Las Vegas has developed into one of the fastest growing tourist towns in the United States – if not the world.
Dozens of high end…

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SF Giants’ Renteria Hits 3-Run Homer in the 7th! by danagraves

SF Giants tickets are being purchased by loyal fans despite the fact that the team has not been performing well the past three seasons. They have not won a World Series Championship since 1954. Yet the fans hope that things might be different in season 2008.
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The SF Giants were established in the year 1883 and they have played for the Western Division of the National League since 1969. They have also been known as the New York Gothams and the New York Giants. The…

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