I use them to kick up meat, fish, vegetables, beans, grains and more. Courtesy of Brand Reviewed by Dietitian Annie Nguyen, M.A., RD Even though I've known for a long time that eating too much salt ...

Walk into any grocery store or gourmet shop and the variety of salts can be dizzying. Colorful paper boxes, large plastic tubs, palm-sized glass jars, even transportable tins for single servings of ...

The latest guidelines from most major health organizations encourage American adults to consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day. That’s the amount of sodium you’d find in one teaspoon of ...

Every time I talk to William Mueller - chef-owner of the gourmet breakfast cafe Babblin' Babs in the Proctor neighborhood - he reminds me that he doesn't salt anything that comes out of his kitchen.

Sure, there are some hard-core home cooks out there obsessed with creating their own custom spice blends every time they fire up the oven or grill. We’ve been known to do that a bit ourselves, but ...

For the latest installment of our "Imagine That in Your Kitchen" food trends series, we're paying homage to an an ingredient that's often overlooked: salt! Sarah Sproule fell in love with salt, ...

Seasoning salt is a convenient way to add flavor to meals, but many commercial blends are packed with sodium, artificial additives, and preservatives that can be harmful when consumed in excess.

Homemade spice blends play a huge role in my cooking. I like to consider myself a flavor-first dietitian. My food has to be delicious first, and “good for me” second. If it doesn’t taste good, I won’t ...

SANTA CRUZ >> On a breezy summer afternoon, Emily Freed kneels between rows of swaying dill in a farm field near Wilder Ranch State Park as hazy smoke from the Soberanes Fire wafts high above. With an ...