Salt is used so often that it's easy to fall into habits that sabotage your home-cooked dish. Here's what we're doing wrong, according to the experts.

Here is a guide to the different kinds of salt commonly called for in recipes. I mostly use table salt in my cooking, but many other bloggers and cookbook authors prefer kosher salt or suggest ...

Of all the various dietary needs we hear about from readers, limiting the amount of sodium in recipes is among the most common requests. The good news is that if you’re eating mostly home-cooked food, ...

TikTok videos showing how to fry food in salt have gone viral, but this cooking method is far from new. Hot salt or hot sand frying has been used for centuries in Asia as a more affordable, convenient ...

Jenn de la Vega is a caterer and cookbook author based in Brooklyn, NY. Her most recent projects include The Four Horsemen Cookbook, ISLAS, Đi Ăn, Justine Cooks, and the forthcoming My Neighbor Totoro ...

Salt used to be the most ordinary kitchen staple, but it has gone gourmet. With the tempting array in grocery and specialty stores, it can be hard to know what to reach for. Then there’s the question ...

The world of pickles spans everything from classic dill and bread-and-butter slices to condiments like pickled red onions and atchara. Quick pickles, also known as refrigerator or vinegar pickles, are ...