Use of a cocoa butter to replace the dairy butter and oils in culinary preparations. Independent claims are included for: (1) a process of cooking of a food comprising contacting the food with a heat source through the intermediary of a fat content such as cocoa butter; (2) cocoa butter aromatized by transfer of taste; (3) composition comprising the cocoa butter powder with spices; (4) dehydrated broth containing cocoa butter; (5) process for the preservation of a food comprising coating the food with cocoa butter before preservation; (6) process for the preparation of cream using a siphon comprising introducing the preparation having 1-10% cocoa butter; and (7) a hot drink comprising a cream in a cover, where the cream is able to be surmounted by ice.