The butter boom – how the world fell back in love with the glorious golden spread
Temperatures in Paris were nudging 41C when Erwan Leo opened Le Butter this summer.
The Guardian reports: Temperatures in Paris were nudging 41C when Erwan Leo opened Le Butter this summer.
It’s being sculpted for fashion parties, collected by tourists and hoarded in freezers. There are even entire shops devoted to it.
This lifestyle story centres on France. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Paris, Erwan Leo and Le Butter.
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- Paris, Erwan Leo, Le Butter, Eiffel Tower
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- Wildfires had already been tearing through France and the city was quiet, particularly in the less touristy 8th arrondissement, a flex-your-wealth area near the Eiffel Tower known as the “golden triangle”. (The Guardian)
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