France Bans an Old Culinary Tradition

Posted: Wednesday, June 30, 1999

June 30, 1999 France Bans an Old Culinary Tradition For centuries, a rite of passage for French gourmets has been the eating of the ortolan. These tiny birds -- captured alive.....

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