Salted (book)

Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes (Ten Speed Press, 2010) is a reference book and cookbook written by food writer Mark Bitterman. In May 2011 "Salted" won the James Beard Foundation Award for Reference and Scholarship Cookbook. It has also been nominated for the International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Awards for the Food & Beverage Reference/Technical category and First Book: The Julia Child Award. It is available both in hardcover and on the Kindle.
Background.
Bitterman's fascination with salt started at age 20 when, on a motorcycle trip across Europe, he stopped at a provincial French truck stop and had a grilled steak finished with a locally harvested "fleur de sel". In the following years Bitterman continued to travel the world while collecting artisan-made salts. He eventually went on to open a store with his wife called The Meadow, where they sell a variety of finishing salts as well as dark chocolates, bitters, wine, and flowers. The Meadow was started in Portland, Oregon and has since expanded to the West Village in New York. "Salted" was released in October 2010.
Contents.
The book is divided into three sections.