“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, ...

Salt sits so invisibly in our kitchens that its absence feels louder than its presence. A pinch can transform food from flat to alive. Which is why, during religious fasts, its deliberate omission can ...

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