My favorite photo in the french laundry cookbook is the dish of lobster, figs and foie gras with the drop of fat just hanging off the piece of sautéed foie gras. So, while i had lobster, foie gras and fig on my mind, given its placement, i wanted something a bit richer. We're making a corn chowder into which we blend foie gras, the butter poached lobster and a sautéed mission fig.