Even the cheapest, most basic butter is a thing of beauty but, just as I love many salts of various price points and colours, I love all sorts of different butters, from the cultured to compound. Actually, my new favourite child happens to be a compound butter that’s quite cultured — all you need is a little yogurt.

We might need to get used to the phrase 'almond juice' pretty soon.

There is currently a war being waged between the world's dairy industries and manufacturers of almond and soy-based "milks". American, European and Australian farmers have all been pushing to have the word banned from packaging on non-dairy products. Is this fair? Or censorship gone mad? Let's take a look at the evidence.

Non-enzymatic browning gives us many gifts. The crust on a loaf of bread, the umami-rich taste of browned onions, the nutty wonder that is browned butter - all of these things are deeper, more flavorful versions of themselves. You've probably been browning your butter for some time now, but the good people at Serious Eats have figured out how to give cream the same treatment, with delicious results.