butter

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Begin with a modest roux — butter and flour, cooked together until they smell faintly nutty.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Recently it has joined the AI rush, deviating from its bread and butter of conventional infrastructure and blue-chip stocks, pumping money into several large AI data center funds, including one with asset manager Brookfield.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

You might have seen the caramelised biscuit Biscoff creme egg sitting alongside others in your local supermarket recently - a white chocolate version, Terry's chocolate orange, Lindt, Reese's peanut butter and more.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The pair, who live in a cramped studio apartment in a crumbling colonial-era building, can’t afford butter or mayonnaise, so breakfast is a piece of plain bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Lou Ann’s garage is jammed with giant packs of trash bags, toilet paper, popcorn, peanut butter, paper towels, Pull-Ups, and a million other things.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko