Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A World ...

It's mined from underground salt deposits and processed into coarse, uniform flakes. In On Food & Cooking, Harold McGee explains that kosher salt was specifically designed for this purpose ...

As compared to other types of salts, flake salt has thin, flat crystals with a delicate texture. It can be derived from various sources, including sea salt and mined salt deposits. It is often used as ...