Showing posts with label Dan Barber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan Barber. Show all posts

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Nature is fantastic

Another speech by renowned chef Dan Barber. This time about foie gras, fat liver from duck or goose, which is considered to be an exquisite delicacy. The controversy of foie gras is gavage, or force feeding the animal. However, Barber's speech show that, if we cooperate with nature instead of try to overcome it, nature rewards us.
-Why don't you sell the foie gras to world class chefs?
-They don't deserve my foie gras.
-What do you think of conventional foie gras?
-An insult to history.
Great and inspirational stuff.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Now THAT is sustainable!

Amazing speech by Dan Barber, How I fell in Love with a Fish.

Barber speaks of a fish farm off the coast of Spain:

  • Which does not feed their fish
  • The fish feeds a population of 600 000 birds
  • The farm acts as a huge water purifier