In the kitchen, salt is taste, texture and technique. Salt enhances the flavor of food, can change the consistency of food and is used in culinary applications such as brining. Salt is indispensable ...

How many kinds of salt do you have in your pantry? One? Thirty? Do you insist on buying sea salt or believe Himalayan pink salt has special health benefits? With so many myths and so much ...

“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, ...

Of all the various dietary needs, limiting the amount of sodium in recipes is among the most common. The good news is that if you’re eating mostly home-cooked food, you’re already well on your way to ...

Here is a guide to the different kinds of salt commonly called for in recipes. I mostly use table salt in my cooking, but many other bloggers and cookbook authors prefer kosher salt or suggest ...

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Find out what you should *really* use if a recipe calls for “salt,” then score tips for how to swap kosher salt for table salt—or vice versa. I don’t remember much from high school chemistry class, ...