Let's get real. Pink Himalayan salt sits on nearly every trendy kitchen counter these days, marketed as a miracle mineral that somehow makes your food healthier. You've seen the claims. Eighty-four ...

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Knee-deep in the improbably pink marsh water of the Camargue, on the southern coast of France, I shoveled fleur de sel crystals onto the shore into shimmering mounds, the same way that the sauniers, ...

“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, ...