Pantry guide
Best Butter for home cooking
What Butter is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The fat that appears in every volume of the series: pale, sweet, and older than the word cuisine.
Unsalted butter lets you decide the salt. Brown it and you have a nut sauce. Cream it with sugar and you have a cake. Finish a pot of vegetables with a knob and people will ask what you did.
Keep it cold for pastry and soft for the table. Rancid butter is a betrayal you can smell. If a recipe from a hot country calls for butter, it often means a small amount at the end, not a French sauté.
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The Mexican pantry, pots, and table
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