Step inside the world of French butter production with a focus on master butter makers and the renowned Bordier butters. The ...

"With enough butter, anything is good," quipped Julia Child. Today's food lovers are just as smitten—and so is our writer, who set out on a quest across France to find the holy grail.

In a year of rising food costs, butter became the year's most unlikely trend—not despite economic pressure, but because of it. Here's how a dairy surplus fueled viral marketing campaigns and made ...