Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Different varieties of salt - Westend61/Getty Images Salt has been used to season and preserve food for centuries, and this ...

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 ...

Besides all the incredible things it can do for food, salt is of great importance to human and animal health. So much so that we couldn’t survive without it. But what exactly is salt and how is it ...

Born of wild agave and the creatures that sustain it, sal de gusano is a traditional Mexican ingredient closely tied to mezcal production. Better known as “worm salt” in the United States, to refer to ...