Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A World History, calls salt "the only rock we eat," highlighting its role in shaping ...

America’s great salt swap began in the 1980s, when farmers’-market culture and the health-food movement helped American chefs acquaint themselves with specialty ingredients, Bitterman told me: ...

Heat to become a better cook and baker.) Since all types of salt is made up of those two simple building blocks, you might think that what’s in your shaker is exactly the same as the kosher salt ...

For instance, in my (2008) How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman says his go-to is kosher salt, although he does not specify a brand. Is one salt healthier than another? No. All salt is salt ...