Entries Tagged as ‘Salt’

September 27, 2006

Prime Rib Roast with Alaea Hawaiian Sea Salt

This delicious recipe comes from the folks at Artisan Salt Company  http://www.artisansalt.com/.  I haven’t made this receipt yet, but if you do, I’d sure love to hear from you about whether or not you like it, and what changes, if any, you made.
Prime Rib Roast with Alaea Hawaiian Sea Salt
Ingredient List:
Standing rib roast- 4-rib [...]

September 27, 2006

New salts are shaking things up: article from South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The following article was written by Steve Petusevsky, a freelance writer and the author of The Whole Foods Market Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2002).
Himalayan Pink, Sel Gris, Hiwa Black, Fumee de Sel and Flower of Bali. These are not rare tropical plants, but part of the growing trend of artisan salts. I noticed a blinding [...]

September 26, 2006

Varieties of Salt

With the popularity of cooking shows on TV, magazines dedicated to so many different types of cooking (Italian, Light, Gourmet, home-style, etc.) and the wealth of recipes on the internet, we are able to learn about and enjoy eating foods that are new and exciting. It’s become very common for stores to carry many varieties [...]

September 25, 2006

A brief history of salt

Salt was so important to early mankind, that it became currency (and the “salary” and “sale” of today). Salt was more important then than petroleum is to us today.
According to David Bloch at http://www.salt.org, “Salt is physiologically absolutely necessary for human life, equal in importance to water; each required strictly in proportion to the other, [...]