Salt: A World History

In every age, people are certain that only the things they have deemed valuable have true value.

New Jersey declared that any saltwork could exempt up to ten employees from military service.

fish species, as they become scarce, mature younger and become smaller animals.

sour dough, which is another example of lactic acid fermentation.

I am just a guy with a very large bump of curiosity and a gambling instinct.”

Proteins unwind when exposed to heat, and they do the same when exposed to salt. So salting has an effect resembling cooking.

any place in England where the name ends in “wich” at one time produced salt.

An adult human being contains about 250 grams of salt, which would fill three or four salt-shakers,

Agro-industry, which abandoned the goal of producing the best food and strived to produce the most