foie gras
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of foie gras
1810–20; < French: literally, fat liver
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Chinese producers now make up 45% of the global supply of foie gras, according to a June report from state-owned China International Capital—amounting to 11,000 tons a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Still, some in the industry see foie gras following the familiar pattern in which Chinese exporters, honed by fierce competition at home, undercut global competitors with low prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The rules prevent foreign producers from trying to make their foie gras sound authentic by using words such as “Périgord-style.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Today, producers are concentrated in the eastern provinces of Shandong and Anhui, where farmers churn out thousands of tons of foie gras by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Miranda pictured the two of them at a restaurant in the South End they’d been to, where Dev had ordered foie gras and a soup made with champagne and raspberries.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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