Well yes, sir, we DO have the engorged liver of a tortured duck today!

Based on my own limited experiences, a basic dining-and-travel guide:

Go to the Twin Cities for Asian food and great beer. Burn off the calories on the wonderful bike trails.

Go to DC for Ethiopian food and overpriced bad sandwiches. Enjoy the city's beauty (for the few minutes you can stand the heat), its crowds of uptight squares (w/ the fascinating knowledge and high ideals they may even condescend to tell you about), and its admission-less museums (which you don't have time to visit).

Go to Chicago for Mexican food and everything else that's good about food/the world. Including, recently, foie gras. Taste the astonishing cruelty again, for the first time.