A review by bedwinnjamin
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I never knew so much history would be behind a rock. And that’s not even technically correct! Salt is a combination of minerals. We just refer to Sodium Chloride as salt, even though many others exist! And that’s just one of the things you’ll learn inside this book. There are many sides to an otherwise unremarkable thing we consume too much of these days. Like how salt factories were blown up in the civil war as strategic attacks! We really relied on salt throughout history. And now it gets glossed over these days. I’m glad I took this history lesson. Even though it is history, it is a bit on the drier side, (pun absolutely intended).