I started buying coarse kosher salt instead of the fine, uniform, iodized table salt I’d grown up with. I do not remember why ...

Coarse sea salt (e.g., Celtic, Sel Gris ... One consideration, however, is iodine. Unlike table salt, which is fortified with iodine for thyroid health, both kosher and sea salt generally ...

It’s also more expensive than table salt. You might assume that this is because it has been manufactured according to a stringent set of religious rules. But much iodized table salt is kosher ...

Kosher salt or sea salt? Which one belongs in your kitchen, and does it really matter? Mark Kurlansky, in Salt: A World ...