--- title: Forget Morton's Salt description: The saline seasoning has gone gourmet with tasty--and colorful--varieties from around the world canonical: https://time.com/archive/6682136/forget-mortons-salt/ author: Anita Hamilton article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2007-09-13T04:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-27T10:08:07.016Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Forget Morton's Salt og:description: The saline seasoning has gone gourmet with tasty--and colorful--varieties from around the world og:url: https://time.com/archive/6682136/forget-mortons-salt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1215f2fe9e55297/698a461186f68e91556f3619/360_lsalt_0924.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 360 og:image:height: 203 og:image:alt: 360_lsalt_0924.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Forget Morton's Salt twitter:description: The saline seasoning has gone gourmet with tasty--and colorful--varieties from around the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1215f2fe9e55297/698a461186f68e91556f3619/360_lsalt_0924.jpg?branch=production&width=360&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # Forget Morton's Salt > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Anita Hamilton](https://time.com/author/anita-hamilton/) Sep 13, 2007 4:00 AM UTC  Finishing salts arent meant for cooking. To get the most bang for you buck, use just a sprinkle on top of your favorite foods. Here, a saltshaker filled with six different types of salt. From top to bottom: Fleur de Sel, Alderwood Smoked, Bolivian Rose, Cyprus Black, Hawaiian Red and Australian Pink. Finishing salts arent meant for cooking. To get the most bang for you buck, use just a sprinkle on top of your favorite foods. Here, a saltshaker filled with six different types of salt. From top to bottom: Fleur de Sel, Alderwood Smoked, Bolivian Rose, Cyprus Black, Hawaiian Red and Australian Pink. James Worrell for TIME by [Anita Hamilton](https://time.com/author/anita-hamilton/) Sep 13, 2007 4:00 AM UTC Salt is back. Blamed for everything from high blood pressure to hijacking the true taste of food, this essential chemical compound is once again welcome on the table. Step into any upmarket restaurant or food shop, and you’ll discover a love affair with the flavor enhancer that was once on every nutritionist’s hit list. “Salt is the most important seasoning ingredient there is,” says Thomas Keller, owner and chef of swanky eateries Per Se in New York City and French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. Keller offers diners nine varieties–including an ancient Jurassic salt extracted from a Montana copper mine and the jet black Molokai salt, which gets its color from volcanic ash and pairs well with foie gras. He even tops his chocolate caramel dessert with fleur de sel from Brittany. Many of the flavor differences from one salt to another derive from the mineral deposits in its region, the shape of the crystals and the way the salt is harvested. For example, fleur de sel comes from the top of sea-salt marshes on the northwest coast of France, while the sharper-tasting Himalayan pink salt comes from ancient seabeds in Pakistan. Selling for about 50 times as much per ounce as your basic Morton’s, specialty salt comes in a mystifying array of colors, grinds and shapes. To help buyers choose the perfect one, some stores, like Williams-Sonoma and Whole Foods, offer tasting bars that allow you to try out different varieties. If you still can’t decide, the online gift company Red Envelope sells a 24-jar sampler of salts whose origins range from Italy to India for $165. But wait–isn’t salt bad for you? Yes and no. “It is the huge amount of sodium in processed food that’s a problem,” says Eve Felder, a dean at the Culinary Institute of America. Artisanal salts are meant to be used sparingly atop prepared food, so chances are those few extra sprinkles won’t do you in. 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