butter

Details the rich history of butter, and its cultural significance in nutrition, art, politics, and economics.

Young readers will learn that there are dairy farms in all 50 American states. Dairy can help bones grow stronger. Discover these and other intriguing facts about dairy.

Explains how to read a recipe and gives the ingredients and instructions for baking various kinds of breads and making butter.

Describes the ways food can change, using butter as an example, and shows the steps needed to make heavy cream into butter.

Readers learn that factory farming practices can produce mass amounts of milk cheaply, but they can also lead to sick cows, a polluted environment, and milk that may not be healthy to drink.

Briefly explains how grass is used by cows to produce milk which is made into butter.

Describes the origin, history, food value, and uses of butter and examines its use in food preparation. Includes some recipes.