Are You Salting Your Food Correctly? Here's What Chefs Say.

Professionals use much more salt than the average home cook. Here's how to know when you've got it just right.

If you’ve wondered how the chefs at your favorite restaurant always seem to make food taste so much better than your home-cooked versions, there’s at least one ingredient that can take some of the credit — salt.

Of course, you use salt exactly the way the recipe says, except for when it says “salt to taste,” and then you possibly just close your eyes and toss.