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 ...

If you've ever tried food that's under-seasoned or (gulp) not seasoned at all, you know that salt is everything. It's essential to a good steak and undoubtedly the VIP in Ree Drummond's best turkey ...

If you have found a recipe for dinner but after a scan of the ingredients you see that it lists kosher salt, and you don't have any, don't panic. For everything you need to know about what makes ...

“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, ...

Before I knew a thing about food, I thought I knew everything there was to know about salt. It came in a little glass shaker in tiny granules and tasted slightly like metal. The purpose of salt was to ...

TIME: 4 1⁄2 to 5 hours, plus 12 hours chilling. INGREDIENTS: 4 pounds boneless beef short ribs, trimmed 4 teaspoons kosher ...

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 ...