Will adding salt to your beer improve the taste? Will it make cheap beer taste like an expensive one? Birra Moretti, an Italian beer company that is part of beer giant Heineken, seems to think so., ...

We’ve all heard of the five tastes our tongues can detect: sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami, and salty. But the real number is actually six, because we have two separate salt-taste systems. One of ...

If you’re trying to cut back on sodium, you’ve probably gotten the advice to cook with plenty of herbs and spices. Their flavor punches up dishes, so you can lay off the saltshaker. But it can ...