Everything's Better with Butter: Vermont Creamery Cultured Creations Featuring Chef Natasha Pickowicz

Vermont Creamery takes the spotlight in this butter-driven demo with award-winning pastry chef and author Natasha Pickowicz. Known for her bold, creative approach to flavor, Natasha brings the energy of her new book Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for Gathering and Feasting to the Discovery Kitchen stage to showcase the transformative power of cultured butter. Made with fresh, pasteurized cream and fermented for rich, tangy complexity, Vermont Creamery’s cultured butter elevates even the simplest dishes. Natasha will guide attendees through her Kombu and Brown Butter Texas Toast—a recipe that layers umami, caramelized richness, and crisp-edged indulgence—while sharing practical techniques and flavor-building tips. Whether you’re a chef, buyer, or curious home cook, you’ll leave inspired to rethink what butter can do. Learn more about Vermont Creamery’s cultured butter.

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At Discovery Kitchen, California culinary techniques meet specialty food innovation as local chefs remix Winter FancyFaire* exhibitor products into delectable creations, live onstage. Head to Discovery Point (Booth 4631) to grab a seat and taste the magic of specialty foods.

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Natasha Pickowicz is a California-born, New York City–based chef, a four-time James Beard Foundation Award finalist, and the author of More Than Cake, which was a New York Times Best Cookbooks of 2023 as well as a 2023 James Beard Foundation finalist. Her follow up cookbook, Everyone Hot Pot, will be published by Artisan Books in January 2026.