A 'butter board' is a viral 2022 food trend — a wooden board spread thickly with softened butter (often whipped or flavoured), topped with herbs, honey, salt, edible flowers and torn bread for dipping. Popularised by TikTok creator Justine Doiron. If your teen makes one, they are following a food trend. Harmless and rather wholesome dinner-party fare; just not a daily food given the quantity of butter involved.
butter board
A wooden board smeared with softened butter, topped with herbs, honey, edible flowers, flaky salt, and scooped with bread.
ˈbʌt.ər bɔːrdDocumented since 2010s2010sGen Alphatrending136 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026＋ Add a definition
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Wikipedia: Butter board
A butter board is a dish consisting of soft butter, spread over a wooden cutting board, and sprinkled with condiments, ingredients and edible decorations such as salt, pepper, chili flakes, honey, lemon zest, fruit or…
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Wikipedia: Butter board
The butter board first appeared in the 2017 cookbook Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables by Joshua McFadden.
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Wikipedia: James William McLeod
He returned to Cornwall, where he worked as a salesman for the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board, later serving as secretary-treasurer.
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#1·Apr 24, 2026Global
A wooden board smeared with softened butter, topped with herbs, honey, edible flowers, flaky salt, and scooped with bread. A 2022 charcuterie evolution.
"Brought a butter board to the picnic. It's gone in 6 minutes."
Origin: Credit to chef Joshua McFadden's 2017 cookbook; TikTok-viral September 2022.
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A 'butter board' is a viral 2022 food trend — a wooden board spread thickly with softened butter (often whipped or flavoured), topped with herbs, honey, salt, edible flowers and torn bread for dipping. Popularised by TikTok creator Justine Doiron. If your teen makes one, they are following a food trend. Harmless and rather wholesome dinner-party fare; just not a daily food given the quantity of butter involved.
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'Butter board' is a 2022 viral food trend — a wooden serving board spread thickly with softened butter (often whipped or compound butter), topped with herbs, honey, salt, edible flowers and served with torn bread for dipping. Popularised by US TikTok creator Justine Doiron. Register: informal, food media. In formal writing the term is recognised. A common learner mistake is to assume it refers to a board for cutting butter; it is the dish itself, with the butter as the spread base.
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“A butter board is a dish consisting of soft butter, spread over a wooden cutting board, and sprinkled with condiments, ingredients and edible decorations such as salt, pepper, chili flakes, honey, lemon zest, fruit or vegetable slices, herbs or edible flowers.”
“The butter board first appeared in the 2017 cookbook Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables by Joshua McFadden.”
“He returned to Cornwall, where he worked as a salesman for the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board, later serving as secretary-treasurer.”
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#2·May 2, 2026Global
A dish consisting of soft butter, spread over a wooden cutting board, and sprinkled with condiments, ingredients and edible decorations such as salt, pepper, chili flakes, honey, lemon zest, fruit or vegetable slices, herbs or edible flowers.
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