Walk into any restaurant or cafe kitchen and you're sure to find a few things they all have in common—the nutty smell of fresh butter, the sizzle of garlic hitting the pan...and butcher block ...

We demand a lot from our kitchen countertops. We want to them to be pretty, long-lasting, hardworking, stain- and water-resistant, and did we mention pretty? The true workhorse of a farmhouse kitchen, ...