The Spice Trader Cooking School

A 7th generation salt-making family harvests an all-natural salt by hand, from an ancient ocean trapped below the Appalachian Mountains of the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia.

J. Q. Dickinson Salt-Works Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne are seventh-generation salt-makers; one could say salt-making runs in their blood. They have returned to their family’s 200-year-old farm to harvest a rare salt from deep below the majestic Appalachian mountains of West Virginia.

Simple but excellent for Thanksgiving and anytime this Fall.

Pork chops - Start them on the stove; finish them in the oven

The Secrets To Cooking Pork Chops That'll Never Dry Out They're notoriously difficult, but we have seven techniques that'll make dry and brittle meat a thing of the past.