| Flake! Rock! Slab! No Images? Click here   Everything You Need to Know About Salt Almost 2,000 years ago, the Roman naturalist and philosopher Pliny the Elder said, “Heaven knows, a civilized life is impossible without salt,” and it’s safe to say nothing has changed. Across the world, salt is prized for the way it makes food of any kind taste better, no matter if it’s simple buttered noodles, a slab of watermelon, or expensive beef tartare. But with so many types, how do you know which is which, and when to use each? Feeling salty? Here's more!  Some say that real cooks have at least one or two specialty sea salts in the cupboard. Others say that salt is salt, and the difference in flavor between specialty salts is too subtle for us to taste. So what's a cook to believe?  How much salt should you add to a pasta pot? It depends. The answer won't be an absolute quantity of salt, but rather a ratio of salt to water. Just heed this advice: you should never make it "as salty as the sea."  Why every kitchen needs a salt pig (or two)When it comes to kitchen equipment, most people are focused on cookware and knives. Those are indisputably important, but they can sometimes distract from one of the most useful things in any kitchen: a salt pig. That's just a goofy name for a large salt cellar, and if you don't have one—and maybe more than one—you should. 
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