Butter has always been a staple, but it is rarely made at home. It shows up wrapped in paper, already salted or unsalted, and ready to go. That convenience has slowly pushed the process out of sight.

Butter is a spread made from solidified cream. Cream is taken from milk and then churned. Eventually Butter bubbles form, and start to clump together. At the end of this process two products result: ...

Nicole Spiridakis lives in San Francisco and writes about food, travel and her native state on her cooking blog, cucinanicolina.com. When she's not in her (tiny) kitchen working on a new dish, she ...