Butter Is the Balm Getting Us Through Quarantine, Sales Figures Show

  • 4 years ago
Butter is one of the secrets as to why restaurant meals often taste better than what you cook at home.Behind closed kitchen doors, many chefs aren't afraid to let loose with the butter.But apparently, home chefs are taking a more liberal approach to butter as well.Land O’Lakes says its butter sales will likely be up 20% over a normal year in 2020.Besides making buttery meals at home, this uptick has also been driven by a new favorite hobby: baking.But some uncertainty still remains over what the typically butter-heavy holiday season may bring.Since smaller get-togethers may mean fewer and less generous buttery dishes over the holidays