Lucas
You’ve seen it. That dramatic, final flourish in a cooking video or a fancy restaurant. The chef, from a height, raining down a pinch of glistening, paper-thin crystals onto a perfectly seared steak or a vibrant tomato salad. That, my friends, is finishing salt, and the most famous of them all is Maldon.
Lucas
Have you ever watched a cooking show and seen the chef, at the very last second, raise their hand high and gracefully shower a dish with what looks like giant, glittery salt crystals? You might have thought, “Isn’t salt just… salt? Is this all for show?” It’s a perfectly normal question, and one I asked myself for years. My salt shaker was filled with the same fine white stuff my mom always used, and it seemed to work just fine.