Bon appetit! Man fined for eating foie gras & watching film while driving in France

A man in France was fined by police after making his ride a little too comfortable. The motorist was eating a plate of foie gras while watching a film on his laptop, which was perched on his dashboard. His elaborate set-up landed him a fine of €750 (US$ 919), with police in the town of […]

British Airways Hosts Airborne VIP Mardi Gras Concert

[unable to retrieve full-text content] A long-haul transatlantic flight can seem pretty dull most of the time, but on Friday, British Airways hosted an aerial concert headlined by Nicole Sherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls to celebrate the launch of its upcoming service to New Orleans. Sherzinger performed for the 180 passengers who were aboard the […]

10 Things You Should Know Before Your First Mardi Gras Experience

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Au revoir foie gras? 600k ducks to be slaughtered in France due to bird flu

Published time: 21 Feb, 2017 14:04 All the remaining ducks in Landes, a key foie gras-producing region, will be killed to stop the spread of the H5N8 virus, said France’s Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Fol. Landes produces at least 25 percent of France’s statement luxury food – foie gras, made of duck or goose liver. […]

Living Legends: The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans

I’m sitting in a cluttered workshop in New Orleans’ Central City neighborhood. Surrounding me are plastic containers filled with beads and rhinestones of about every hue imaginable, elaborate feather headdresses, glue guns, oversize spools of thread, and fluffy lime-green tufts that suggest a Muppet has exploded. Along the back wall hang spectacular suits from Mardi Gras past, including a cobalt-blue beauty […]