A bowl of Maldon sea salt, aka finishing salt, rests in a bed of spilled Maldon salt - Quanthem/Getty Images There are many common varieties of salt, from the table to blends, like garlic salt, and ...

Table salt, kosher salt, finishing salt: The choice can be confusing, but we offer a little explanation and advice. By Melissa Clark Reporting from Aigues-Mortes, France; Maldon, England; and Portland ...

Salt is one of the most commonly used ingredients in your kitchen, and for good reason. Each type of salt, from flaky sea salt to finely ground table salt, can improve the taste of ingredients and ...

It may not seem that important to a novice chef, but properly salting your food is as vital as any cooking technique. In fact, once culinary aspirants nail down proper salting, it's the easiest way to ...

“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, ...

Salt is a key part of our diets. It's also vital for our survival, as dietitian Lena Beal, MS, RDN, LD and National Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics previously told USA TODAY.

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 ...

Pretty much everyone eats salt, every day, and it’s different now. Yet even kosher salt’s most fervent converts may not entirely understand how it’s different. Kosher salt, like all salt, is ...