Salted A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes

568 Pages·2010·11.87 MB·English

by  Mark Bitterman

Copyright © 2010 by Mark Bitterman
Location and salt macro photographs copyright © 2010 by Mark
Bitterman
Food photographs copyright © 2010 by Jennifer Martiné
The following material is reprinted with permission:
Stone cutters 1.1 and 1.2 in Pakistan, courtesy of Maqbool Bhatti
Maras salt fields, courtesy of Leslie Trites
Camargue salt works, courtesy of Mathieu Ginod
agehama-shiki salt making, courtesy of Okunoto Endenmura
drawing of Guérande solar salt ponds, courtesy of Jill Davies, adapted
from oeilletdeguerande.com
Maldon Salt Company, courtesy of Maldon Salt Company
Salt pan floor 1.1 and 1.2, courtesy of Lennie DiCarlo
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eISBN: 978-1-607-74088-9
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
DISCOVERY: THE SALT ROAD
THE LIFE OF SALT
HISTORY: FIRST BITE SCIENCE: MIND, BODY,
SALT, OCEAN CRAFT: ARTISAN SALTMAKING
SALT GUIDE
THE TAXONOMY OF SALT SALT REFERENCE
GUIDE
SALTING
SALTING STRATEGICALLY UNCOOKED
CURING GRILLING BRINING ROASTING
FRYING BOILING BAKING SALT CRUST
COOKING ON SALT BLOCKS SAUCING
CONFECTIONERY DRINKS
CONFECTIONERY DRINKS
RESOURCES
INDEX