While French sea salt contains trace amounts of healthy minerals, experts agree that, from a health perspective, sea and table salt do not differ significantly. Although salt is essential for good ...

There are three primary types of salt used in cooking: kosher, iodized, and sea salt. Professional chefs overwhelmingly ...

Knee-deep in the improbably pink marsh water of the Camargue, on the southern coast of France, I shoveled fleur de sel crystals onto the shore into shimmering mounds, the same way that the sauniers, ...

“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, ...

It’s found in virtually every kitchen, restaurant booth and dining room in the Western world: the salt shaker. Despite its ubiquity — or perhaps because of it — salt has fallen under the scrutiny of ...

Black salt is less processed than regular salt and contains small amounts of trace minerals and antioxidants, but its health benefits are minimal. While black salt is slightly lower in sodium per ...

Salt used to be the most ordinary kitchen staple, but it has gone gourmet. With the tempting array in grocery and specialty stores, it can be hard to know what to reach for. Then there’s the question ...