Literally translated from French, foie gras means "fat liver," but its origins date back far before French cooking made it a delicacy.  The ancient Egyptians hunted and then domesticated geese, and discovered that waterfowl developed large, fatty livers after eating large amounts in preparation for migration.  To replicate this naturally occurring large liver, the Egyptians, over 4000 years ago, developed the technique now known as gavage to produce a fattier bird.

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In France, foie gras exists in different, legally defined presentations.

If it wasn’t for love one of the world’s premium chocolate brands would not exist. Leonidas Kestekides, a Greek-American businessman and confectioner was at the World Fair in Ghent, Belgium, where he met a beautiful young woman visiting from Brussels. Shortly after, he moved to Brussels to marry her and start what would become the quintessential Belgian chocolate confectioner company, Leonidas. Who is that special someone in your life that would make you want to pull up stakes and move to another country to share your life with them? Who’s presence in your life gives you the security to embark on a creative journey like Leonidas did with the culmination of his’s life work in the establishment of Leonidas Praelines.