In the past, I’ve spent $10.95 on an 8.5-ounce box. So imagine my joy when I recently came across a 20.12-ounce tub of the shimmery, pyramid-shaped flakes at my local Costco for just $6.99.

It turns out, according to experts, the best salt depends on what you're making. Simply Recipes/ Alison Bickel Salt is one of the most important ingredients in cooking. It’s been used to ...

The most familiar flake salt is Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt. Maldon Sea Salt Flakes, from England, is also well-known in the U.S. Diamond Crystal is popular with chefs throughout the U.S. and with ...

Flake salt. The most common version of this sea salt type is Malden, but there are many kinds available. Unlike granular salt, flake salt is parchment-paper fine and less minerally in flavor.

Before I started cooking more seriously in my early 20s, certain ingredients seemed pretty simple. Butter was butter. Flour was flour — I didn't know that there was a marked difference between A ...

Sea salt comes from evaporated seawater, but not all sea salts are the same. Depending on where it's harvested and how it's processed, it can range from fine grains (great for baking) to delicate ...

Alaska Pure Sea Salt is considered a flake salt, a finishing salt for sprinkling on food in the final stages. The flakes are slightly smaller than some of the world's other flake salts ...

ASBURY PARK -- On a sunny Thursday morning in June, as a few dozen beachgoers hit the sand near Convention Hall, Danielle ...