Butter

Celebrating the golden ingredient, with recipes

By Eve Hemingway

A glorious celebration of butter, with lashings of sweet and savoury recipes.

Butter is regarded as an everyday staple – it is a reminder of the joy of real food; at its root it does not have to be complicated, after all, the best things in life are often the simplest. In this book, devoted experts celebrate the timeless craft of making butter from scratch, as well as nourishing, fulfilling and indispensable recipes using butter as the key ingredient.
Beyond the secret history and culture of butter, delve into recipes for making your own cultured variations at home such as Wild Garlic or Smoked Butter. Or enjoy recipes with butter at their heart, from Poached Turbot, Steak and Toasted Danish Daal to Sourdough Treacle Tart, Brioche Butter Pudding and Buttermilk and Marmalade Gelato, there are endless tempting dishes to enjoy.
A love letter to beloved butter – this is an ode to the simple pleasure of cooking with butter for your artisan kitchen.

Text is extracted and updated from Bread & Butter, by Eve Hemingway, Richard Snapes and Grant Harrington

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$27.99 RRP
ISBN
9781837838103
Publish date
30 September 2026
Category
Cookbooks
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Quadrille
Page count
160
Dimensions
210 x 160 mm

About the author

Eve Hemingway

Eve Hemingway is a food writer who strives to preserve old food cultures. She believes that without books and essays to promote the hard work of specialist food producers, we’re at risk of losing the knowledge and skills they devote their lives to. She currently works for Winnow, a company that supports restaurants to reduce food waste.

Richard Snapes

Richard Snapes of The Snapery Bakery believes that even the best can be improved. A philosophy that has cemented a life long pursuit: to make the best bread anyone has ever eaten. He launched his Bermondsey-based bakery in 2014 and now supplies bread to establishments including José Pizarro restaurants, Casse-Croûte, Bar Tozino and Garden Café.

Grant Harrington

Grant Harrington of Ampersand Cultured Butter is on a mission to make butter taste more buttery. He makes artisan cultured butter, buttermilk and fresh cheeses and has supplied some 20 Michelin-starred restaurants with his buttery delights. He worked under Gordon Ramsay, and has been a private chef for the Duke of Westminster and pastry chef at Fäviken, Sweden.

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