butter

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The depth comes from the butter and tomato, the brightness from the finish.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 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

New nutrition guidance from the American Heart Association advises getting protein from plants rather than meat, choosing low-fat or fat-free dairy and using olive, soybean and canola oils instead of beef tallow and butter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Start with brown butter — cooled, but still fragrant — and mix it with brown sugar, flour, a generous measure of cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

There was a large slab of ham, two eggs, fried potatoes, hot biscuits, butter, and strawberry jam.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls