The earliest images of geese being crammed with food date to this era, though it is not clear whether this produced foie gras as it is now known. Goose was a prized dish in the Egyptian monarchy. Circa 400 B.C. the Egyptians presented fattened geese as a gift to Agesilaus, King of Sparta.
Late second century [...]

Italian farmers said their pasta and cheese could easily see off a challenge posed by President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Paris farm show on Saturday to get French food an unprecedented place on the UNESCO list, which so far applies to places.
Italy can respond to their foie gras, armagnac, soupe a loignon and escargots (duck [...]