Challenging Tastes
The world is full of rowdy events sponsored by food companies, from the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on down. But the D’Artagnan Duckathlon is a little different: It pits teams of chefs and other food professionals against each other in tricky challenges that really test contestants’ palates and knowledge of food (well, okay, maybe not the milkshake-drinking or bread-throwing contests—and don’t even get us started on the “Saucisson Fan-Dangle”). Yesterday Gourmet stopped by the fourth annual Duckathlon, held in and around New York City’s Chelsea Market. Here were some of the highlights.
05.05.08
One of the first challenges was to correctly identify eight unplucked birds. Once you got past the intense smell of the carcasses, the task was no walk in the park, either: Would you have been able to spot the Marans, Cobb Cornish Cross, or Mulard Drake in this lineup?
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- christy harrison
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- poultry
- culinary culture
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