Yes, you read that correctly. Mark Bitterman is a Selmelier -- a salt expert. He and his wife Jennifer Turner Bitterman, both former New Yorkers, recently opened an NYC branch of The Meadow, a shop they started in Portland, Oregon. This West Village boutique not only carries salt, but chocolate, bitters, syrups, oils and vinegars, or, as the Bittermans like to say, it's "a place where the beautiful, the delicious, and the unexpected are brought together for your pleasure." More

Pretzel from Sigmund's: yes, that's salt. [Photo: Robyn Lee] After Bloomberg announced an initiative to lower the amount of salt in New Yorkers' diets, the Post took a look at the sodium content of a few popular local foods—pretzels... More

L. Marie on Flickr Today, the New York Times reports on the Bloomberg administration's new efforts to cut back the salt in chains and restaurants all over New York—setting "a goal of reducing the amount of salt in packaged... More

Josh Ozersky, editor of the food blog Grub Street and recent burger-book author, was interviewed [warning! PDF!] in the spring issue of Edible Brooklyn. Based on the number of different kinds of salt he has in his apartment, some might... More