Jesus H. Christ, you’ve GOT to be kidding me:

Self-defined progressive Democrat, Vicki Wilson says she worries about race relations and gay rights. Chilean sea bass is another story. Shopping for the fish recently, Ms. Wilson was surprised when her organic grocer told her it was “politically incorrect.”

Her response? To find a shop where “they don’t have an agenda,” says the Bethesda, Md., real-estate agent. “I love sea bass and want to eat it.”

One of the biggest political battlegrounds in America these days isn’t Bush and Kerry — it’s fish and dairy (or at least milk-fed veal). Gourmet edibles are coming under a new barrage of legal and activist attacks, and some diners and chefs are striking back. This week, the California Legislature took up a bill that would ban the production of foie gras on the grounds that it’s cruel to ducks and geese, and New Jersey has a similar measure pending. At least two environmental groups have sued or are in the process of suing salmon farmers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service added the sturgeon that produce Beluga caviar to its threatened species list in April. Big chefs, from Traci Des Jardins in San Francisco to Nora Pouillon in Washington, D.C., are joining a ban against “crated” veal at their restaurants.

Well, looks like it’s time for Chilean Sea Bass this weekend on Deus ex Culina.

Read the article here.

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