Salt is as familiar as water and the air we breathe, and it's just as essential to us. Historically, people have depended on salt for preserving food so they had a supply to last them through lean ...

As William Shakespeare once wrote in "Romeo & Juliet": "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." While he probably wasn't referring to corned beef, exactly, ...

Back in the Old West, cowboys needed foods that traveled well and filled their bellies. This vintage preserved meat checked ...