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2020s-present - Joshua McFadden and Justine Doiron popularizing compound butter as a shareable board
Butter boards became a viral American entertaining trend in 2022 after Justine Doiron shared her version online and credited Joshua McFadden's cookbook idea. The appeal was simple: a dramatic, cheaper alternative to a charcuterie board that turns good butter and bread into a party centerpiece.
Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
15 minutes
Servings
8 servings
Region
United States social media and party tables
Era introduced
2020s-present
Introduced by
Joshua McFadden and Justine Doiron popularizing compound butter as a shareable board
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Butter boards are less a recipe than a serving format: softened butter smeared onto a clean board, topped assertively, and served with bread for swiping. Their viral life also raised reasonable food-safety concerns, so the archive version uses a clean board, room-temperature timing, and a small offset spatula or butter knife for serving rather than shared direct dipping.
Drafted with butter-board origin context from Justine Doiron (https://justinesnacks.substack.com/p/all-the-texts-i-got-while-butter), viral trend context from Good Morning America (https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/food/story/viral-butter-board-trend-perfect-smeared-condiments-unique-90524272), and Joshua McFadden credit context from Bon Appetit (https://www.bonappetit.com/story/butter-board).
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