Bakers have a lot of different opinions about what type of salt to use in recipes. But what are the key differences between table salt and kosher salt?

Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A World History, calls salt "the only rock we eat," highlighting its role in shaping ...

America’s great salt swap began in the 1980s, when farmers’-market culture and the health-food movement helped American chefs acquaint themselves with specialty ingredients, Bitterman told me: ...

Since all types of salt is made up of those two simple building blocks, you might think that what’s in your shaker is exactly the same as the kosher salt sold by the box and flakes of Maldon ...

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 ...