When to use kosher, flaky, pink, black, or table salt to season your food. Getty Images It used to be that salt was just … salt. It was finely ground and available at the grocery store in a round ...

“Salt is easily the most important thing chefs keep in the kitchen,” says Robert Hartman, chef de cuisine at Saint Theo’s restaurant in New York City. It helps bring out the natural flavors in food, ...

How many kinds of salt do you have in your pantry? One? Thirty? Do you insist on buying sea salt or believe Himalayan pink salt has special health benefits? With so many myths and so much ...

Galvis-Sánchez, A. C. et al (2013). Sea salt. In mdl Guardia & A Gonzálvez (Eds.), Comprehensive analytical chemistry, Vol 60: 719-740. - Mermelstein, nh (2014). Viewing Salt with a Grain of Salt.

There is no ingredient more essential to every form of home cookery than salt. It’s one of the building blocks of life; an essential nutrient in the human body; a tool used in most every cooking ...

Salt is an essential element for all animal life, including humans, who long ago realized the naturally occuring substance was an effective preservative and flavor enhancer. In addition to the ...

There's a good chance you're not using salt properly when seasoning your food. Salt should be added throughout the cooking process and there are different kinds of saltiness. Pasta water should be ...

You can’t cook without salt. It’s as simple as that. But if you browse the grocery store, you’ll notice there’s more than one type of salt, and chances are you’re using the wrong kind. Every kitchen ...