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Vegan recipes | Pub closures | Jonny Wilkinson | Ann JonesInteresting to see (Feast, 12 January) the vegan alternatives of aquafaba (egg white), coconut milk (cream) and nut butters (butter). But my ordinary eggs, cream and butter are British-grown and locally sourced – the eggs from only half a mile away – and so don’t come burdened with the huge food miles of these replacements. What is the environmental cost of vegan alternatives?Christine RaperHonnington, Shropshire• “As soon as this pub closes” (Letters, 16 January) – with 15 to 20 pubs still closing every week, maybe the chancellor and h…