Oh, almond butter how you tempt me. I first discovered you years ago on the shelf of a grocery store with no real understanding of how you came to be there. I even found you in your "raw" form begging me to try you, but for $13.00 a jar and a shrinking budget, I knew something had to give. I cut you out of my life for a while justifying this by telling myself that local almonds are non-existent in New York and not worth the carbon footprint. But then I moved back to California...
