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Article: Salute to salt - Meals explode with flavor thanks to culinary miracle.
- Article from:
- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 21, 1999
- Author:
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If your breakfasts are boring and your dinners seem dreary, there is a substance in your kitchen that can magically make foods sparkle. It can take the edge off bitter flavors, make sweets taste sweeter, lend depth and definition to almost every dish you prepare. It's the secret ingredient that three out of four chefs say they add to every single dish on their menu.
And just what is this culinary miracle?
It's nothing more exotic than salt - the stuff we take so much for granted that most recipes don't even specify a quantity for its use. "Season to taste with salt" is probably the most common culinary directive in the language; its underlying assumption ...
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