Acid can add balance and contrast in our cooking. Best-selling cookbook author and chef Samin Nosrat gets down to the fundamentals of flavor with four key elements: salt, fat, acid and heat. The book ...

One of the first meals I made from an exciting new cookbook was a simple stir-fry, but I would never have done it without the nudge that the book gave me. Another dish I made, Chinese brined eggs, was ...

Playing with salts and seasonings is a culinary passion, but I’m barely worth my NaCl compared to Mark Bitterman. Bitterman is a renowned selmelier (salt chef/expert) and a James Beard Award-winning ...

Salt often makes the difference between a good dish and a great dish. To season with it right and well, it’s helpful to understand the different types of salts and the best ways to use them. Where ...

Have you been using salt wrong all your life? Are you marinating too long, thinking that it’s necessary for flavoring? Find out which cooking techniques are the subject of heated debates among ...