Common on just about any restaurant table or grocery store shelf. Probably even in your own kitchen cabinet. And yet, such simple grains of salt have a long history, from ancient times to today. Here ...

In the coastal town of Alburquerque, Bohol, Tatay Nestor and his family are one of the last few communities keeping the region's 'unbroken salt' tradition alive MANILA, Philippines – In the coastal ...

JORDAN, GUIMARAS, Philippines — In the coastal village of Hoskyn in the heart of this town in Guimaras, a family has been trying to keep a century-old practice of producing artisanal salt alive.

The traditional method of producing salt by spreading seawater on beds of sand is in use today at only one location in Japan—in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the Noto Peninsula. Seawater ...

Since Japan is an archipelago, it would seem logical that there would be hundreds, if not thousands, of artisanal salt makers along its almost 30,000 kilometers of coastline. However, a ...

Sightseeing in the remote prefecture of Kochi is unforgettable. But to understand and appreciate the culture of this naturally diverse area, you’ve got to be ready to roll up those sleeves and get to ...

SUZU, Ishikawa -- Salt production using the "agehama" method, which had been practiced in the northern Noto Peninsula's Okunoto area for some 1,300 years, resumed in this central Japan city April 25 ...

Harvesting salt from the sea is a practice that goes back millennia in Hawaii. The Polynesian voyagers likely found crystallized salt collecting in the rocks along the shoreline when they arrived in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HANAPEPE, Hawaii (AP) — The process of ...