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 ...

Up there with caviar, truffles, and small-batch olive oil, a much humbler food item is joining the ranks as a gourmet delicacy: salt. Chefs at high-end restaurants nationwide are increasingly ...