To find out, we talked to chefs, cheesemongers and cookbook authors obsessed with butter — not just for the flavor, but for ...

How we tested A team of Food & Wine editors participated in this taste test. To keep the test fair, we compared only unsalted butters and did not sample salted, dairy-free, plant-based, or vegan ...

This Irish butter is the go-to for 2023 F&W Best New Chef Caroline Schiff. “It has an awesome grassy, sweetness to it and of course, a great fat content,” she says.

Anyone who spends time in the kitchen knows that fat is essential to flavor—and butter is often the key ingredient behind a ...

Unsalted butter will usually have 80% butterfat, and 16 to 18% water. I like to buy packs of “half-sticks,” which give me the most flexibility with butter, especially for baking.