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Article: What's the deal with designer salt? Test and find out
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- October 19, 2005
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IN A RECENT column, I talked about being bold with salt --
experimenting with the difference that thorough seasoning can make in
your cooking.
But, as you might have noticed the last time you tried to buy some
at a specialty food store, salt has gotten quite complicated. There's
kosher salt, British sea salt, French fleur de sel, Hawaiian red clay
salt, roasted Korean salt, black salt, pink salt, coarse salt, fine
salt, crystals, flakes and more.
I have a friend who's mad for a hand-mined Big Sur salt. And I've
even heard of restaurants with salt sommeliers (although that might
be urban legend).
You may be wondering, what's the deal with designer salt?
The short answer is: Salt is salt. ...