With Love & Butter
By Courtnee Futch
With Love & Butter Mar 12, 2024
“I’ve gone as far as I can alone”. Musings on loving well, living together and fleeting girlhood.
Welcome BACK to Season 2 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on self-love and romance and the food & drinks that get us through it.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: 16 Carriages - an Apple Cider Mezcal Margarita
Today's Recipe: Soy Tomato Braised Pot Roast with Melting Onions & Brown Sugared Carrots
Today's Wine Pairing: Chenin Blanc
Today's Song Pairing: Imperfections by Baddaman Cerk
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
SURPRISE EPISODE - Just Passing Through: Moving to Atlanta with My Love
Welcome to a SURPRISE EPISODE of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. Today we’re talking about my final days in my Charlotte “bachelorette pad”, preparing for a move to Atlanta with my partner B, and how it feels to be starting not so from scratch this time around.
You can support my NEW cookbook Early Enough at courtneefutch.gumroad.com
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
I’m Not Single Now? : Letting Love & Lessons Find Me
Welcome to With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. I’m Courtnee Futch, your host…baker, chef, mixologist, cookbook author, culinary producer and former serial monogamist gone roster-dater.
This is Episode 13, our last of the season, before I take a brief hiatus and resume the podcast in the summer. And today we were GOING to be talking about my new outlook on dating as I went into my third year of singleness. What I wanted. How I planned to get it. And how it was going, three months in.
BUT baby! Life has been lifing is the most funny way possible, and baby. I am in a relationship now. So instead, we’ll talk about how an unexpected someone has made me live my entire life more romantically and creatively. A letter I wrote to myself at the top of January. And how returning home to Atlanta changed my life. It’s a lot to get into.
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All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.substack.com
Today's Cocktail: Mezcal Bourbon Ginger Sour
Today's Recipe: Crab & Roasted Corn Carbonara with Brown Butter Lime Breadcrumbs
Today's Wine Pairing: Citrusy Sicilian White Wine like Etna Bianco
Today's Song Pairing: Blü Moon by THEY.
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
Caught up in the Wrapture: 2022 Dating Wrapped + Q&A
Welcome to With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. I’m Courtnee Futch, your host…baker, chef, mixologist, cookbook author, culinary producer and former serial monogamist gone roster-dater.
Happy New Year! Today we’re talking about my 2021 AND 2022 Dating Recap + answering 12 questions you all had about my 2022 dating experiences!
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Bitter Apricot Mezcal Sour
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
It’s just politics, not personal: Navigating Rejection & Anxious Attachment
Welcome to With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. I’m Courtnee Futch, your host…baker, chef, mixologist, cookbook author, culinary producer and former serial monogamist gone roster-dater.
Today we’re talking about miscommunication, rejection and peeling back the layers of my anxious attachment style.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Pomegranate Rose Paper Plane
Today's Recipe: Lemon & Brown Butter Hummus Chicken Shawarma Bowl
Today's Wine Pairing: Sparkling Brut Rose
Today's Song Pairing: Lemon Pepper Wet by Tempest
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
Some Love Lost: Navigating the Ugliness of Grief Post Breakup
Welcome to With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. I’m Courtnee Futch, your host…baker, chef, mixologist, cookbook author, culinary producer and former serial monogamist gone roster-dater.
Today we’re talking grief, romantic, platonic, and the self.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Mango Sorbet ‘Naked and Famous’
Today's Recipe: Smoky BBQ & Orange Shrimp and Grits over Buttermilk Gouda Grits
Today's Wine Pairing: Pinot Gris
Today's Song Pairing: A.N.O by ELHAE
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
28 Questions: Reflections on Love & Life for Every Year
Welcome to Episode 8 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. Today we’re switching things up. If you’re following me on TIkTok, we’ve likely interacted a lot and you’ve seen that I get asked hundreds of questions about dating, entrepreneurship adventures, my corporate career, food, friendships etc. And I wanted to address some of the most frequently asked and share with y’all the lessons that I’ve learned in my 28 years on the planet.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Earl Grey Lavender Bee’s Knees
Today's Recipe: Coffee & Brown Sugar BBQ Short Ribs over Buttermilk Cheddar Grits
Today's Wine Pairing: Pinot Noir
Today's Song Pairing: ISLY by Kenyon Dixon
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
Completely Hinged: Dating Apps & Spinning the Block for Italy via Detroit
Welcome to Episode 7 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it.
Today we’re FINALLY diving into the year of Courting Courtnee. Starting with my very first days as a newly single woman navigating Hinge, a kiss so bad it bruised my lip for two days, a different man who we’ll call Detroit and spinning the block with him after 2 years and dating people who actually LIKE you.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Watermelon Negroni with Salt & Black Pepper
Today's Recipe: Chicken Saltimbocca with Juicy Peaches, Basil and Mozzarella
Today's Wine Pairing: Moscato d’Asti
Today's Song Pairing: Kiss U Right Now by Duckwrth
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
It Takes a Village: The Close Friends and the Romance of Community
Welcome to Episode 5 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. Today we’re talking about my Close Friends on Instagram and the huge role they played in the #CourtingCourtnee journey, how they held digital and IRL space for me to process and the romance of having a platonic community.
To re-engage with dating and love, OUT LOUD... it's been freeing. The hashtag #CourtingCourtnee is me defining my ideas of romantic love... but in community. And I am so thankful to the Close Friends. The experience has been humbling and bittersweet. We laughed together so much more than cried. We shared hard truths and so many opinions. I feel ready to walk into love, softly this time. To choose it. And it is because of them that I feel empowered to do so.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Strawberry Basil Gin Champagne cocktail with Black Pepper
Today's Recipe: Burrata & Basil Breakfast Pizza
Today's Wine Pairing: Dry Prosecco
Today's Song Pairing: Paper Thin by Lianne La Havas
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
The Intimacy of Handwriting and How to Win my Heart
Welcome to Episode 3 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it. Today we’re talking about the intimacy of handwriting and how much it informs my romantic decisions.
My parents set a tone for vocal, verbal, tangible love. Something you can cling to. Something you can keep tucked away like treasure. Likely because, all around my childhood home were post it notes, and printed notes and notes on napkins. I went on to share this love action with every lover until my last boyfriend, who met it with refusal. I was reintroduced to this part of my love language this year and it had me walking on sunshine. We talk about having your loving hierarchy of needs met and more.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Roasted Lemon, Bayleaf & Blackberry Bourbon Sour
Today's Recipe: Baby’s First Surf & Turf: Brown sugar-rubbed ribeye with spicy butter lobster. Served over asparagus and goat cheese risotto.
Today's Wine Pairing: Sauvignon Blanc
Today's Song Pairing: Lines by The Hics
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/courtnee-futch/support
Simpin’ ain’t easy and the Case of the Brown Butter Pound Cake
Welcome to Episode 2 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it.
Today we’re talking about the dating phenomenon of “simping” and why I love it so much. I have come to think of myself as a wholesome hoochie. I curate so much of my life with a heavy sensual touch. It’s in my playlists, in my cooking, in my home spaces, color choices, outfits, the florals that are always in my home. Friends who have been to my home can speak to this.
So naturally, even before there was the public journey of #CourtingCourtnee was the impulse known as being #CaredforbyCourtnee. I’m an OG Lover Girl. This is my story *cue Law & Order SVU theme song*.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairings can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
Today's Cocktail: Raspberry Rosewater & Honey Margarita
Today's Recipe: Cardamom Orange Brown Sugar Banana Bread with Dark Chocolate, Pistachios & Flaky Sea Salt
Today's Wine Pairing: Chardonnay
Today's Song Pairing: PINK + YELLOW by Kallitechnis
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD
#CourtingCourtnee and the decision to multi-date
Welcome to Episode 1 of With Love & Butter, a chef’s podcast on dating & relationships and the food & drinks that get us through it.
I decided to start this podcast for two reasons. 1. Food is love, and I’ve been a participant in thousands of loving moments, both romantic or platonic, by way of my baking or cooking. and 2. I was able to prioritize self-discovery in my dating life, and always always always, food and drinks served as the backdrop. I want to share my re-imaginings of those menu items and make them my own. Many recipes will also be entirely of my own imagination as part of my chef/ lover girl journey.
All cocktail, meal and wine pairing can be found with the full recipes on courtneefutch.com/podcast
The accompanying "All is Paired" playlist can also be found on Spotify and Apple Music.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rNDcdzryJQAxZuFOsV4i7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/all-is-paired/pl.u-e98lG89F9zz4lD