According to French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage (force feeding). Foie gras is a popular and well-known...
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Louisiana, known for their elaborate suits and participation in Mardi Gras. The Mardi Gras Indians subculture emerged during the era of slavery from West African...
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foie gras. The report of the European Union's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Welfare Aspects of the Production of Foie Gras in...
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View from the Window at Le Gras (French: Point de vue du Gras) is the oldest surviving photograph. It was created by French inventor Nicéphore Niépce sometime...
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The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around...
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American Mardi Gras tradition began with French annual celebrations in Mobile. The feasting and revelry on Mardi Gras in Mobile was called Boeuf Gras (fatted...
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"Mardi Gras Mambo" is a Mardi Gras-themed song written by Frankie Adams and Lou Welsch. The song's best known version was recorded in 1954 by the Hawketts...
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a non-exhaustive overview of Bœuf Gras festivities around the world. An English cartoon from 1660 depicts Mardi Gras mounted on a Fat Ox and ready to do...
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Mardi Gras World (also known as Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, MGW) is a tourist attraction located in New Orleans. Guests tour the 300,000 square foot...
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Rex (krewe) (category Mardi Gras in New Orleans)
simply "Rex". The identity of Rex is made public on Lundi Gras, the day before Mardi Gras. Rex is always a prominent person in the city, one who is usually...
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Joe Cain (redirect from Joseph Cain)
Eve celebrations, rather than being held on Mardi Gras day. Other groups had developed Mardi Gras parades, but the Civil War had brought them to a halt...
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Mistick Krewe of Comus (category Mardi Gras in New Orleans)
began parading again as the final parade on Mardi Gras with Proteus reverting to the evening of Lundi Gras. 1992 No Parade Planned theme: Enchantments and...
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"St. Joseph's Day Altars". neworleansonline.com. "Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday around St. Joseph's Day". mardigrasneworleans.com. St. Joseph's Day celebration...
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Félix Gras (Occitan: Fèlix Gras, IPA: [ˈfɛlis ɡɾas]; Malemort-du-Comtat, May 3, 1844 – Avignon, March 4, 1901) was a Provençal poet and novelist. Gras was...
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Lake Charles, Louisiana (section Mardi Gras)
Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu, which features extravagant costumes and an interactive float. It has the largest collection of Mardi Gras memorabilia...
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métiers. 1818. Gras (1906, p. 704) Dictionnaire universel théorique et pratique, du commerce et de la navigation. T. 2. H-Z. 1859–1861. Gras (1906, p. 706)...
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Peter Egan (redirect from Peter Joseph Egan)
veganuary.com. 15 February 2016. "Foie gras farm". Animal Equality UK. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2022. "Ban Foie Gras". Animal Equality UK. Retrieved...
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[citation needed] The Eureka Gras Mardi Gras Extravaganza was introduced in 2006, and features a New Orleans-style Mardi Gras celebration, parades, and masquerade...
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Joe Francis (redirect from Joseph R. Francis)
across footage of female college students flashing their breasts during Mardi Gras in New Orleans and at various spring break parties. It was this footage that...
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matter expanded from fishing in southeast Louisiana to the New Orleans Mardi Gras and the cuisine of New Orleans. His outdoor sportsmen's reports tied together...
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Nicéphore Niépce (redirect from Joseph Nicephore Niepce)
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (French: [nisefɔʁ njɛps]; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor and one of the earliest pioneers of photography. Niépce...
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Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club (category Mardi Gras in New Orleans)
airport for the ceremony. Carnival New Orleans Mardi Gras "Zulu's storied history symbolizes Mardi Gras for African Americans worldwide". WGNO. February 12...
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Boudreaux (born Joseph Pierre Boudreaux; December 7, 1941) is an African-American musician and Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, a Mardi Gras Indian tribe...
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Louise de Marillac (redirect from Venerable Louise de Marillac Le Gras)
Louise de Marillac D.C., also known as Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of...
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Maïsadour group. Founded by Joseph and Gabrielle Dubarry in 1908, it specializes in foie gras and ready-made meals. In 1908, Joseph Dubarry, a tinsmith, and...
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became the Félibrean movement. He married Rose-Anaïs Gras, sister of Provençal poet and novelist Félix Gras. In 1888, Roumanille succeeded Frédéric Mistral...
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According to the 1938 Larousse Gastronomique, a mirepoix may be prepared au gras (with meat) or au maigre (without meat). Mirepoix au maigre is sometimes...
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recognized as safe (GRAS) and may be lawfully marketed and added to food products, but stevia leaf and crude extracts do not have GRAS or Food and Drug Administration...
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Cajuns (section Mardi Gras)
Sunday. Mardi Gras was historically a time to use up the foods that were not to be used during Lent, including fat, eggs, and meat. Mardi Gras celebrations...
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Harry Connick Jr. (redirect from Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.)
Avenue and Canal Street in New Orleans on Lundi Gras (Fat Monday)—, which is the day before Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). On September 2, 2005, Connick helped...
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