If your salt shaker is filled with run-of-the-mill table salt......there's a good chance your sprinkling chemicals onto your food. Mark Bitterman, author of "Salted," says most table salt, kosher salt and sea salt is mass produced and usually contains chemical additives. He says the world is full of quality salt and you should really know which one your shaking. Here are the three best foundation salts to look for:
- Fleur de Sel. This hand-harvested sea salt has very fine, granular, irregular-shaped crystals. It contains a lot of moisture, so it doesn’t dissolve and disappear. This is a great finishing salt for foods like chicken or pork.
- el Gris. Also known as gray sea salt, is coarse and a bit chunky. This is the one you want for foods like steak, lamb and root vegetables.
- Flake Salt. Unlike granular salt, flake salt is parchment-paper fine and less minerally in flavor. Instead of dissolving gradually in your mouth, it’s all ‘Pow! Snap!’ in salty flavor and then it’s gone. This one's perfect for fresh veggies and green salads.
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