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 ...

A bowl of Maldon sea salt, aka finishing salt, rests in a bed of spilled Maldon salt - Quanthem/Getty Images There are many common varieties of salt, from the table to blends, like garlic salt, and ...

Salt is an essential element for all animal life, including humans, who long ago realized the naturally occuring substance was an effective preservative and flavor enhancer. In addition to the ...

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.

Salt has been essential to cooking – and the human existence – for thousands of years. Our bodies can’t function without it. Our food is often tastier with it. Because salt is relatively inexpensive ...

How many kinds of salt do you have in your pantry? One? Thirty? Do you insist on buying sea salt or believe Himalayan pink salt has special health benefits? With so many myths and so much ...

Registered dietitian and TODAY contributor Joy Bauer shares recipes that are low in sodium but packed with flavor.