When to use kosher, flaky, pink, black, or table salt to season your food. Getty Images It used to be that salt was just … salt. It was finely ground and available at the grocery store in a round ...

Yes, there's a big difference between kosher salt and table salt. Stand in the salt section of the grocery store, and it's quickly apparent that you have options. Though a pantry staple, salt isn't ...

Get ready to add new flavor to your meals with just a pinch of these different types of salt. Step away from the same boring choice in your cooking and dive into the sophisticated realm of gourmet ...

Imagine a kitchen without salt and you’ll probably end up with some seriously bland hypothetical food. Salt is an epic essential, key for cooking techniques such as brining, curing, and preserving.

Salt is a key part of our diets. It's also vital for our survival, as dietitian Lena Beal, MS, RDN, LD and National Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics previously told USA TODAY.

Knee-deep in the improbably pink marsh water of the Camargue, on the southern coast of France, I shoveled fleur de sel crystals onto the shore into shimmering mounds, the same way that the sauniers, ...

This is your standard, find-it-in-every-kitchen-cupboard and on-every-restaurant-table type of salt. It’s a fine-ground, refined rock variety with anti-caking agents to keep it free-flowing. Iodine is ...

For those with high blood pressure, understanding salt's impact is crucial. Natural salts like sea salt or Himalayan pink ...

“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, ...

Stand in the salt section of the grocery store, and it's quickly apparent that you have options. Though a pantry staple, salt isn't always on the forefront of the home cook's mind. We simply take for ...