food stuff: all about salt and spices

today, we're all about the spices, including salt. i was at trader joe's yesterday and really really wanted to buy some sea salt, but i couldn't justify it (i'm only tempoarily living here and don't want to move a jar of salt for no reason). and i love looking longingly at spices. i have NO IDEA how to use them properly, but i still like to imagine myself someone who just throws in this and that and knows how it's all going to turn out. here are some fabulous links all about salt and spices to help you become that culinary genius:

• All about salt: how to choose, cook with, and store it
• Five more uses for salt
  
• Quick reference guide to herbs and spices
• How to buy and store spices
• Easy flavored salts and amazing spice shelf
  

[h/t: the kitchn]

blessed christian salt

 

Oh dear.  You're all familiar with kosher salt?  So kosher salt isn't actually kosher, its called that because they can use it TO kosher meat by drawing the blood out of it.  But if you thought that, you know, it wasn't fair that the Jews got salt and the Jesus-loving folks didn't, check out Blessed Christian Salt.  Moue mag saw it first, follow the links for the rest of the story.