All About Salt Video

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All About Salt Video

 

A Chef's Guide to Salt and How To Use It To Season Food

Peter HertzmannEverything you wanted to know about salt and why it is the most important seasoning in the kitchen. Professional chefs depend on it to bring out the flavor of the ingredients they are cooking with. This video, Salt of the Season, by my friend Peter Hertzmann, author of Knife Skills Illustrated, describes just about everything you can think of when it comes to salt.

In this incredibly detailed cooking video, Peter shows answers some very interesting questions about salt including:

Is It a Seasoning or a Flavoring

How Is It Used To Bring Out Flavors

What About Over Salting

Where Does Salt Come From

What Is Kosher and Why Do Chefs Prefer Working With It

What is Fleur de Sel

Why Measure Salt By Weight

How to Add Salt to Your Cooking

 

Peter offers this video on his web site in three sizes: small, for viewers with slow connections; medium, the same size as above; and large, for viewers with big screens.


 


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