“Salt is easily the most important thing chefs keep in the kitchen,” says Robert Hartman, chef de cuisine at Saint Theo’s restaurant in New York City. It helps bring out the natural flavors in food, ...

Of everything Gordon Ramsay corrects on Hell's Kitchen, one issue comes up more consistently than almost any other. Not undercooked proteins. Not broken sauces. Not poor plating. It is seasoning.

There is no ingredient more essential to every form of home cookery than salt. It’s one of the building blocks of life; an essential nutrient in the human body; a tool used in most every cooking ...