Salt: A World History

There’s so much I never knew about salt! What a wonderfully informative book. As a Cheesemaker and educator salt is vital to my work but I had kind of overlooked this humble ingredient.Such a good read! Recommend.Tracey at cheeseneeds

Salt! There is a history of salt. I mean why wouldn’t there be, right? What a great read, with style, compassion, and a contagious interest and passion for the subject, if not those along the way. 100% recommend.

I borrowed the audio cd’s from the library back in 2008 and listened on a long drive I had to make. The book contained so many interesting facts about salt that I hadn’t realised its importance throughout history. I bought the audiobook last year and became curious about the old recipes for preserving food included that I wanted to write them down. I never got around to them, so I decided to buy the book when I saw a secondhand hardback copy for less than a tenner. I was pleased surprised to see maps, drawings, and photographs of various places and tools used in salt production mentioned in the book. I bought the book to have a written copy of the recipes or cooking methods, but it’s become an interesting conversation piece sitting on my sitting room table.

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Being passionate about gastronomy and anthropology often leads one down varying roads; some publications are excellent, others fun yet uninformed, and others figments of the author's imagination."Salt" is well documented, finely crafted....never a dull moment, and nothing repetitive. The history goes beyond the element to address varying events and facts throughout the world, throughout the years.