“Salt is easily the most important thing chefs keep in the kitchen,” says Robert Hartman, chef de cuisine at Saint Theo’s restaurant in New York City. It helps bring out the natural flavors in food, ...

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 ...

Bowl of oatmeal with berries and walnuts. - New Africa/Shutterstock Despite its convenience, oatmeal is often dismissed as overly bland -- but it doesn't have to stay that way. The secret to flavorful ...