A celebration of one of nature's most powerful ingredients and how to use it for health and in cooking. The book includes a brief history of salt, its industrial uses and importance in customs, religions and rituals. Contains a guide to the medicinal benefits of this essential mineral, such as taking salt baths, gargling salt and swimming if salt water. The book also explains how to cook with salt while maintaining a well-balanced diet, with recipes for meat and fish, salt crusts, sauces, seasonings and bread, and preserving fruit and vegetables.