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GT was serving New Zealand venison a few weeks back; although I'm not sure if they were using Millbrook or NZ at Craft. With chronic wasting disease (similar to mad cow) in the Midwest, domestic venison is a bit suspect at the moment.

Interesting that you would be served any butter sauces, given Mario Batali's quoatation below. When asked why there was no butter on his list of "pantry essentials", he replied: "Butter is strictly for unsophisticated palates," he scorns. "Use olive oil instead." This is taken from Epicurious.com: http://eat.epicurious.com/eat/chef/index.s...ariobatali.html