Chicken Liver Paté

Dining out lately in San Francisco and Portland, Oregon I have spotted more and more offal dishes on restaurant menus and I hope this trend continues. Once prized by our ancestors as nutrient-dense sources of vitamins and minerals, offal has fallen out of favor in the current standard American diet (S.A.D.).

I think it’s a good idea to bring offal back into favor as it offers rich sources of vitamins A and D, essential fatty acids, and macro and trace minerals. Perhaps more difficult to quantify, but certainly no less important, is the ethical element of eating offal. In our current culture, which views animal products as a commodity, many animal parts are abused, neglected or simply thrown away. By consuming offal you are respecting an animal in a full and holistic way by leaving nothing to waste.