Butter may be delicious, but when it comes to proper storage methods, the instructions aren't as clear -- these five celebrity chefs shared how they do it.

A butter keeper is a simple but clever device that houses your butter safely at room temperature. Butter keepers slow down oxidation to keep your butter fresh. Here is how you use one.

Butter Dishes vs. Butter Crocks When shopping for a butter dish, you will generally notice rectangular, single- and double-stick butter containers made out of ceramic, stoneware, or glass.

Lisa Tremain, spokesperson for Butter Bell, a company that makes insulated ceramic containers for butter based on 19th-century French "beurrier" crocs, said, "When we first launched our product ...

“There are many varieties of crocks or ceramic butter containers that can be left safely at room temperature for an extended period of time,” he said.

Following the French way, homemade butter is made richer and creamier by culturing the cream first — fermenting it with pure yogurt, crème fraîche or buttermilk before churning.