Article: STAR CHURN GOURMET BUTTERS ARE RISING TO THE TOP WITH THEIR VELVETY TEXTURE AND HIGH BUTTERFAT CONTENT.(Life and Arts)

Byline: SARA DICKERMAN Special to the P-I

My butter epiphany came a dozen years ago on my first trip to Europe. I was traveling across Switzerland on an early morning train and the sunlight glinted off Lake Geneva and the rolling meadows that surrounded it. As I buttered my toast, I watched plump cows graze in the greenness, looking somehow more content than ordinary cows. I bit into my toast and I was astonished by its flavor, which was as sunny and grassy as the pastoral scene outside the train's window.

Until that moment, I used butter sparingly, just enough to coat the dry surface of the toast. But this butter demanded to be eaten in a slab. ...

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