Watch Chef Dan Richer Nerd Out Over Bread and Butter

Here's a video featuring chef Dan Richer of Jersey City's Razza, who talks about why something as simple as bread and butter is "my favorite thing that I've ever done in the food world." Richer's take on the "throwaway" dish features "gently fermented" butter from an organic Pennsylvania farm (the process reveals the terroir of the butter) and bread made from locally milled Bucks County rye. According to Richer, the only way to approach bread and butter is to borrow the principles of a sushi chef: use quality ingredients and maintain them at the perfect temperature. Go, watch:

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