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Each week, I’ve been making dinner for a group of friends who are helping to plan a major fundraiser for the Democratic Party. Sometimes I re-use recipes, but I have more fun coming up with new ones. For example, tonight’s menu:

• A salad of apples, and pears, and mixed greens, with toasted hazelnuts and walnuts, and a sprinkled crumbling of blue cheese.
• Acorn squash roasted with maple syrup and butter (actually, Earth Balance, my favorite non-hydrogenated margarine).
• Steamed fresh brussel sprouts, with a lemon-butter sauce (still using Earth Balance).

All local but the syrup, the cheese, and the Earth Balance, which come from somewhere in Canada, northern California, and all over the world, respectively.

Come to think of it, maybe I need a new replacement for butter. Something local. Probably something low-tech. Maybe butter itself? Or should I continue to avoid the allergen, and rely on my carbon offsets to handle the impact of this globalized food item?

[Edit: Sometimes, the store doesn't have what's in my head.  No mixed greens, but brussel sprouts instead. -Gavin, at 17:40]

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