butter on wholegrain bread with butter, pepper, and salt nearby - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock At this point in history, most home cooks are now familiar with an abundance of cooking oil options, but you ...

Those following the Whole30 eating program may turn to clarified butter, or ghee, for that rich, buttery flavor without the milk fats. It is possible to buy ready-made ghee in most grocery stores, but ...

There’s nothing quite like the taste of butter, but sautéing with it is virtually impossible. The milk solids just can’t take the heat; they burn at too low a temperature. For years, I adding a little ...

Sometimes the simplest questions are the best. Like, for instance, last week, when a reader almost in passing wanted to know the definition of something he’d seen on the television. He was watching ...

In last week’s column, I noted that because butter has very little lactose, some folks who are lactose intolerant may be able to eat it in small amounts. I neglected to mention that clarified butter ...

What we don’t know about butter is a lot more than figuring out how much is “a little butta’” that “won’t hurt.” It’s 15 percent water, to begin with, which makes it — along with extra virgin olive ...

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