A chef instructor taught me how to substitute one for the other.

These days, home cooks have an abundance of options for filling their salt shakers: kosher salt, smoked salt, pink Himalayan, and beyond. But before fancy salts took over supermarket shelves and ...

You've probably noticed that some recipes call for salt while others specifically call for kosher salt. Just salt likely means table salt, such as Morton Iodized Salt, while kosher salt will say—you ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say salt is the ...