Rich Manning is a writer and spirits and food competition judge based in Los Angeles. He has been writing about spirits, wine, beer, food and travel since 2004. Born of wild agave and the creatures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wooden bowl and spoon with salt - Bohdan Bevz/Getty Images Alongside pepper, salt is the most utilized — and useful — seasoning in ...

Alongside pepper, salt is the most utilized — and useful — seasoning in the kitchen. The tiny white granules not only enhance flavor but can also mask any funky notes and bitterness in food. Sodium ...

Born of wild agave and the creatures that sustain it, sal de gusano is a traditional Mexican ingredient closely tied to mezcal production. Better known as “worm salt” in the United States, to refer to ...

All salt is made up mostly of sodium chloride, often with a little anti-caking agent to keep it from clumping. But when it comes to the nitty-gritty of it all, different salts vary in texture, flavor, ...