<B>James Beard Award Finalist</B><BR/><BR/><B>“[A] mesmerizing mix of recipes and food history.”</B><BR/><B>—<I>Publishers Weekly</I>, STARRED REVIEW</B><BR/> <BR/><B>“Duguid has a scholar’s love of research, a cook’s hunger, and a journalist’s talent for storytelling. . . . The recipes are from all over the world and her knowledge is staggering. . . . Simply brilliant.” </B><BR/><B>—Diana Henry, <I>The Telegraph</I> (U.K.), The Best Cookbooks to Buy in Autumn 2022</B><BR/><BR/> Naomi Duguid, who’s taken food lovers to many corners of the globe, now invites readers and cooks on a very different journey—a deep dive into the miracle of salt and its essential role in preserving, fermenting, and transforming food.<BR/> <BR/> Learn age-old techniques for making sauerkraut, miso, butter, prosciutto, kimchi, salt-fermented pickles, basturma, salt-preserved lemons, brined eggs, and much more. C