On Jan 27, 1:27*pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:30:55 -0800, Christine Dabney wrote:
>
> > Ruhlman on salt:
> >http://blog.ruhlman.com/2010/01/salt...od-or-bad.html
>
> > Christine
>
> this book (mentioned in the comments to the article you pointed to)
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/Salt-World-History-Mark-Kurlansky/dp/0142001619...>
>
> ...has been on the back-of-my mind book list for quite a while.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Oh my goodness - move it to the front-of-your-mind book list! It's a
terrific book, with a wide grasp of history. You will certainly never
look at that salt shaker on your table the same way