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Among the resident celebrities of Chicago are Oprah, Obama, Ditka and - a chef surprise for non-foodies - Charlie Trotter. Trotter, whose namesake restaurant is destination dining for gourmets the world over, makes headlines in this city as easily as the others. He caused a brouhaha two years ago when he decided to take foie gras off his restaurant's menu. A Chicago alderman, inspired by Trotter's sympathy for force-fed ducks, won a citywide ban on foie gras sale in restaurants. The resulting controversy echoes in food circles around the country to this...
Bird's-Eye Brouhaha...
...possible the political brouhaha may force an early election, although that's something none of the key political parties want at this stage. More likely, the dispute will leave India stuck with a lame-duck government, hamstrung by its erstwhile left-wing partners. That would have a chilling effect on India's vital economic liberalization plans - labor reform, the privatization of state-run enterprises and the loosening of restrictions on foreign direct investment - all of which the leftist parties have opposed in the past. If the nuclear deal fails, India will have lost more than just entry into the nuclear...
...Shetty believes those protesting the incident are missing the point. "It is such a small issue," she told reporters after the Gere brouhaha exploded. "Actually, I think it is not even an issue. There are bigger issues like AIDS in our country, which no one seems to be interested in talking about." As politicians around the world know, though, it's always easier to exploit controversy than tackle the difficult stuff...
...Bollywood's reigning king and prince. In the past few days both actors have gone out of their way to say that they respect each other's work and remain friendly, but it somehow seems too late: like all the most ridiculous celebrity stories the Big B v. SRK brouhaha has taken on a life of its own. In a wonderful illustration of globalization's reach, even U.S. satirist Stephen Colbert has helped fuel the dispute by featuring Bachchan and Khan - "the Indian Robert Redford and Brad Pitt only crank up the handsome and rip the knob...