Learn the difference between common varieties of salt for cooking and baking including kosher salt, sea salt, and table salt.

Salt creeping, a phenomenon that occurs in both natural and industrial processes, describes the collection and migration of salt crystals from evaporating solutions onto surfaces. Once they start ...

Humans have been harvesting salt since prehistoric times. In this kitchen-science experiment from ATK Kids — the children's website of America's Test Kitchen — chunky flakes of salt appear as a ...

The regular granular table salt you’re used to isn’t the most attractive-looking seasoning out there, even given its fundamentally compelling flavor. You don’t have to settle for boring old salt ...

I routinely presume that people know all about efflorescence, but in fact many don’t. I’m referring to the fluffy white deposits you might find on your concrete floors, brick walls or basement walls.

“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, ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the popularity of baking continues to rapidly grow, home chefs everywhere are seeking out specialty ingredients that help them deliver superior taste and results in ...

Without salt, the meal you cooked might end up being bland. Here are two types Alex Guarnaschelli says you should have in ...

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