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Bourbon Steak’s Housemade Salt

• Photo by Coline LeConte

• Photo by Coline LeConte

  Home chefs can experiment with finishing salts that are available online and in grocery stores. There are countless varieties, each boasting a provenance that makes it unique. Whole Foods carries a wide selection, including Himalayan pink salt, harvested from the mountains near Punjab, Pakistan. Proponents of this crystal salt, which is formed under intense tectonic pressure in an environment with no exposure to toxins and impurities, say it contains the same 84 natural minerals and elements found in the human body. Steve Gotham, executive chef at Bourbon Steak, makes his own salt from Pacific Ocean water.