Salty on your taste buds, how salt brings out other flavors, salting to taste, double salt licorice. All before I go to Salt Lake City on Thursday. (A coincidence, I swear.)

To start you off:

Salts of the Earth, an article about sea salts.

My favorite fancy salt:

Lavender Salt from Eatwell Farm

Lavender Salt from Eatwell Farm



Sorry the picture’s a bit fuzzy.  I like the lavender salt on roast beets.  Available from Eatwell Farm’s Lavender Farm by phone or at the San Francisco Ferry Building Farmer’s Market.

And, a book about salt:

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2 comments to “Theme of the week: Salty!”

  1. zuzf says:

    Do you own the book? I bet you it’s an interesting read.

    I have always been a big fan of salt, probably as influenced by a famous (in Slovakia) Slovak folk tale, “Salt over Gold”, which was also made into an awesome children’s film. I highly recommend reading the tale, I don’t think it’s long. English translation here.

  2. admin says:

    I don’t own the book but after thinking about salt for two days I really want to read it. (More salty posts coming as soon as I have a draft of a poster done.)

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