Salt, an essential component of daily cooking, is crucial in maintaining fluid balance in the body, supporting cellular functions, and enhancing food taste. With the various types of salt available on ...

“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, ...

Up there with caviar, truffles, and small-batch olive oil, a much humbler food item is joining the ranks as a gourmet delicacy: salt. Chefs at high-end restaurants nationwide are increasingly ...

It's easy to think salt is just salt. But there is a wide world of salts out there to use for cooking and to consider for health. There's iodized salt, pink Himalayan salt and garlic salt, just to ...

While the health risks associated with too much sodium (salt) are well established, is sea salt any different? We spoke with the experts to find out what you need to know about sea salt. Is sea salt ...