
Let's Go To Butter School
11/20/24 • 37 min
Few ingredients are as loved (and villainized) as butter. We discuss how to pick a great butter, and the best ones for eating, cooking, and baking.
Guest: Wirecutter staff writer Lesley Stockton
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Products We Recommend:
- Kerrygold Salted Butter
- Isigny Ste Mère Salted Butter
- Finlandia Imported Salted Butter Bar
- Kirkland Signature Grass-Fed Butter Salted
- Kirkland Signature Butter Unsalted
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Few ingredients are as loved (and villainized) as butter. We discuss how to pick a great butter, and the best ones for eating, cooking, and baking.
Guest: Wirecutter staff writer Lesley Stockton
Additional Reading:
Products We Recommend:
- Kerrygold Salted Butter
- Isigny Ste Mère Salted Butter
- Finlandia Imported Salted Butter Bar
- Kirkland Signature Grass-Fed Butter Salted
- Kirkland Signature Butter Unsalted
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Follow us on instagram @wirecutter
Find edited transcripts for each episode here: The Wirecutter Show Podcast
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