Butter Is Back
Its hundreds of varieties are earning it the same cachet as coffee or chocolate.
by Nicola Twilley
May 22, 2017
1 minute
Butter is beautiful: Solid golden bars add the perfect flakiness to pastry, give cake a delightfully tender springiness, and melt mouth-wateringly onto toast. But unlike its cousin, cheese—another concentrated, solidified form, we explore the science behind butter’s subtle variations, as well as its long history as a vehicle for both ritual worship and female entrepreneurship around the world.
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