Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A salt shaker with ridges on the side next to a spoonful of salt - Fcafotodigital/Getty Images There it is, right next to its life ...

If you've ever tried to decant salt from the original container into a glass salt shaker, you know firsthand how much of a pain the task can be. Salt inevitably ends up on the kitchen counter or even ...

Have you ever thought about your salt shaker? Like, taken a second to pause and really contemplate how basic and lo-fi your sodium chloride applicator truly is? Well, someone else has. And they have ...

While sleek and minimalist are a vibe in the kitchen, there's nothing wrong with a little color on the table! Look for this vintage salt and pepper set.

Salt shakers were invented in 1858 by John Mason, the guy who invented the screw-top Mason jar. He made little screw-top jars to keep salt in at the table and keep it from caking from the humidity.

Their life together began 60 years ago, on the day Joyce and Bill Fisher got a marriage license and an ugly present. “Hideous,” Joyce says, thinking of it now. A salt and pepper shaker set shaped like ...

Thomas A. Farley is the commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygeine. September 10, 2013 The salt shaker is not the culprit. Only about 10 percent of the sodium in our ...

Andrea Ludden's collection of over 40,000 pairs of salt and pepper shakers started completely by chance when Ludden bought a pepper mill at a garage sale in the mid-1980s. Courtesy of Derek Workman ...

How often do you consider your salt and pepper shakers? Clearly these are no great shakes. But the ones our Bill Geist observed at a recent shaker assemblage most definitely ARE: Rarely do you see ...

Your salt shakers may come with a warning label—at least that’s the hope of the World Hypertension League. Cigarettes come with warnings on the health effects of smoking, and some experts believe that ...