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 ...

A chef instructor teaches us how to substitute one for the other. Simply Recipes / Photo Illustration by Wanda Abraham / Getty Images You've probably noticed that some recipes call for salt while ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Salt is a crucial kitchen ingredient often used to enhance and balance other flavors within food. Even if you don't like to add salt to your ...

“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, ...

Facebook or add one in the comments section here. This week’s question comes from Glenn: Since Mark Bitterman recently trashed kosher salt on your show, I was wondering if you have switched to a ...

Alton Brown is known for putting some serious thought into all things kitchen and cooking related, and that includes the ...

There is no ingredient more essential to every form of home cookery than salt. It’s one of the building blocks of life; an essential nutrient in the human body; a tool used in most every cooking ...

• Table salt grains are finer, so a teaspoon equals much more salt by volume. • Kosher salt’s large crystals give greater control and are easier to pinch. • To substitute, halve table salt if using ...