Eat Local event produces some ingredient surprises

For the past 13 years, Bon Appetit Management Co. has held a one-day Eat Local Challenge during which its chefs are asked to produce a meal entirely from ingredients grown or raised entirely within 150 miles (except salt and sustainably caught seafood from within 500 miles). This year’s challenge, held Sept. 26, included an additional twist as the chefs were asked to include one ingredient that few guests would think was produced nearby. Here are some of them.