When it comes to cooking, perhaps the most important ingredient is salt. It has been used since time immemorial, not just to season and enhance flavors but to preserve food in various ways.

The brand was Maldon—Maldon Sea Salt Flakes. It came from a 135-year-old family-owned salt works on the southeast coast of England. My wife had been buying it for years. Ruth Rogers, the chef ...

This is a story about harmless addiction and also about why I bought a 3.3-lb bucket of Maldon sea salt. Then two funny things happened: (1) I had a baby, which means that I no longer eat three ...

3. In a large mixing bowl mix together the plain flour, semolina, baking powder and Maldon salt. Adding salt to your baking helps balance and enhance flavours, balancing sweetness and acidity.

I have been to Maldon and watched the process by which these large flakes of pure salt are produced. I have used little but Maldon ever since. The reason so many people have found this seasoning a ...