Article: Secrets of Seasoned Chefs: America's Top Chefs Offer Dash of Advice, Pinch of Opinion on Using Specialty Salts, Survey Finds.

MINNEAPOLIS -- MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As America elevates its professional chefs to near rock-star status, an age-old seasoning -- salt -- is enjoying a new regard of its own.

More than 70 percent of professional chefs are using specialty salts, and more than a third use at least three different types of salt in their cooking, according to a recent survey conducted by Cargill Salt, the maker of Diamond Crystal(R) kosher salt. From Hawaiian salt to rock salt and from kosher salt to sea salt, chefs have distinct seasoning preferences.

Makers of Diamond Crystal kosher salt went into the kitchens of the nation's top restaurants and surveyed 65 ...

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