Butters

A papercraft makeover of Rumi, the lead character of the animated group HUNTRIX from KPop Demon Hunters, is drawing large online audiences. The handmade project pairs a character makeover with nail art, squishy and miniature food elements like a golden dumpling, presented as relaxing ASMR-style craft content, and has collected over 340,000 likes.

A home cook shared dinner plans featuring two pan-seared ribeyes, basted with fresh garlic, rosemary and butter, alongside hashtags about grilling, cast iron cooking and steak. The post drew a small but positive response, fitting the weekend pattern of people sharing home-cooked meals and barbecue photos on social media.

A French cook shared a homemade chocolate recipe made by melting baking dark chocolate in a saucepan with peanut butter and trimmed CBD flowers, then adding roughly blended hazelnuts and almonds before setting the mix in a mould. The post is drawing attention for its unusual combination of CBD infusion with a classic homemade chocolate bar.

A home cook used a day off to make pear butter from the fruit of their own tree, seasoning it with lemon, ginger, star anise, cardamom, nutmeg and black pepper. They described the process of making it by hand as a real workout, sharing the results with fellow food and gardening enthusiasts.

Home cooks are sharing seasonal recipes as autumn sets in, with roasted butternut squash soup a popular choice. One version combines roasted squash with carrots, celery, leeks, parsley, nutmeg, butter, cream and vegetable stock. The dish marks the annual shift toward warm, comforting autumn cooking.

Home bakers are turning to salt bread, the Japanese specialty known as shio pan, a small buttery roll with a salted crust. A new recipe guides readers through making the bread at home, which involves folding butter into dough and finishing with flaky salt. Interest in the simple but precise bake is growing among pastry enthusiasts.

Food writers are highlighting Chicken Francese, the Italian-American dish of egg-dipped chicken cutlets pan-fried until golden and finished in a silky lemon butter sauce. Fans describe it as bright, balanced and deeply comforting, and say it is a recipe they return to again and again.

A Michelin-starred chef's mashed potato recipe has drawn attention for calling for an amount of butter so large that readers assumed it was a typo. Fans who have made the dish say the extreme quantity is intentional and worth it, praising the rich, silky result. The recipe is circulating widely as home cooks debate just how indulgent restaurant-quality mashed potatoes should be.