Former currency, the root of the word “salary,” invaluable preservative and the source of wars and conflict, salt’s role in society dates back to ancient times.
Mark Kurlansky, the author of
Salt: A World History—the definitive history of the way salt has influenced civilization—explains that “before the age of petroleum, geology was largely dedicated to understanding and locating salt” and that the search for salt ultimately led to oil—which is perhaps why the book famously made it on to George W. Bush’s 2005 summer reading list.
The recently-released children’s book The Story of Salt explores all aspects of salt: its harvesting, history and social importance. Beautifully illustrated by S.D. Schindler, The Story of Salt also teaches ketchup-making and details Ghandi’s historic Salt March.
It’s from this rich history that New York restaurant Per Se serves 30 million year-old “Jurassic” salt from Montana, and Fleur De Sel […]
Original post by Letizia Rossi
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