A great salt taste test over at Salon (link via Liao Yusheng). I am a big fan of the Maldon, Fleur de Sel and Japanese/Korean moist sea salts. And Diamond Kosher, which I first learned to use while living with my dear friend Julie. Of course, Jeffrey Steingarten's salt taste test (which I think is in It Must've Been Something I Ate) predates this one, but both are great reads.
Interesting note: Jeffrey Steingarten has talked about the lawyer-gourmand, placing himself in the company of the revered Brillat-Savarin among others. But here are some fun facts for you: the byline says that Dan Crane, the author of this salt article, is a "musician and writer." Jim Leff, Chowhound founder, is a former downtown trombonist. Robert Sietsema, restaurant critic for the Village Voice, was bassist in a band called Mofungo when he started his food zine, Down the Hatch. I was once backing vocalist for the two lovely and talented gourmets of Cibo Matto (Italian for "food crazy"), whose first album consisted entirely of food metaphor songs. I posit that musicians also make great gourmands, but I'm too sleepy to theorize about the reasons. Can you tell me why the fat lady sings?
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