It's in nearly every dish we cook, yet few ingredients inspire as much debate as salt. Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A ...

Salt, which adds flavor and texture to dishes and has many household uses, is a pantry essential. There are many varieties of salt used in cooking and baking. While table salt is the most widely used ...

Without salt, food would taste dull and lifeless. After all, just a pinch enhances food and brings out pronounced flavors. Since there are different varieties (we're talking at least 16 types of salt ...

Before I knew a thing about food, I thought I knew everything there was to know about salt. It came in a little glass shaker in tiny granules and tasted slightly like metal. The purpose of salt was to ...