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Eight Forbidden Delicacies

Foie gras is back on Chicago menus after a two-year ban, but it's not the only traditional delicacy that's been restricted or deemed socially unpalatable. Maggot cheese, anyone?

 
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Photos: Eight Forbidden Delicacies

Controversial dishes from the gross to the gourmet

 
By Alicia Coffman | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 17, 2008 | Updated: 9:20  a.m. ET May 17, 2008
 

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    If you stopped eating meat that was mass produced, it WOULD have an impact. Not doing what you know to be right simply because you don't feel it will have an impact is just wrong.
    "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. "
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