Molly Baz, renowned cookbook author, has one particular type of salt that she always keeps on hand. And not just a type of ...

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 ...

You've probably noticed that some recipes call for salt while others specifically call for kosher salt. Just salt likely means table salt, such as Morton Iodized Salt, while kosher salt will say—you ...

Ever wonder why so many recipes, especially those that are promoted as healthy, call for kosher salt? While most salt is kosher, brands specifically labeled as ‘Kosher Salt’ have coarse crystals which ...

Have you ever wondered how bland the world of food would be if we had not discovered salt? Salt is one such ingredient that not just adds the maximum taste to our food but also elevates other flavours ...

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 ...

Ever wondered why some recipes specify kosher or sea salt and others just say “salt”? What’s the difference? Whether it was mined from a mountain or culled from the sea, packed in a fancy pants jar or ...

The physical shape of salt grains significantly impacts taste and recipe outcomes. Kosher salt's large flakes dissolve slowly for gradual seasoning, while fine sea salt's small grains provide an ...

“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, ...

Kosher salt is a type of pure salt with a coarse, flat grain that is mined from deposits in the ground and named for the fact that it is used for koshering meat—drawing the blood out of the meat by ...