Awesome Salt

Add this secret ingredient to your arsenal for elevated cocktails, baked goodies, and meals. Osmo infused clay-based red sea salt with Four Roses small batch bourbon for a seasoning that combines bourbon spice with sweet notes of vanilla. Rim a Bloody Mary glass or add just a pinch to nearly any savory dish.

A margarita isn’t a margarita without a salt-rimmed glass to accent the citrus tartness. Think any salt will do? No way, Jose. Tanteo Jalapeño Salt combines grainy salt, sugar, and lime to tease the tongue with salty, sweet, and sour flavors, while a touch of jalapeño powder turns up the heat.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the table… This ceramic shark and leg salt and pepper set is a fun way to add a touch of whimsy to your dining room. It’s perfect for Shark Week dinner parties, and fans of Jaws, Sharknado, or Roboshark.

Artist Yamamoto Motoi creates intricate landscapes using salt as his only medium. Among his creations is this labyrinthine design he created for an exhibition celebrating “Mono-no Aware” an ancient Japanese term acknowledging the ephemeral nature of things. The work took Motoi 10 days and 330 lb. of salt to make.

We love how the light shows through this unique musical instrument that Burls Art made by carefully cutting, routing and sanding blocks of pink Himalayan rock salt to form its body. It also gives new meaning to the phrase “guitar licks.”

Turn your dinner plate into street art with these whimsical porcelain salt and pepper shakers that look like tiny, dented spray paint cans. Dishwasher safe, and guaranteed not to get you busted for making graffiti!

Ali Baba Lights creates custom rooms from blocks of natural Himalayan salt, lit with LEDs to produce stunning and relaxing environments, that are said to produce negative ions to improve air quality. They also sell smaller lights which are much more affordable.

These ceramic salt and pepper shakers are designed to look like giant-sized versions of those little paper shakers you get with fast food. Though these ones are guaranteed not to dump an inedible portion of the stuff on your food.

Toronto artist Bashir Sultani creates unique artwork using a salt shaker, a sharp-edged piece of paper and an iPhone to record the moment. You can see a lot more salt portraiture on his YouTube channel.

While we usually need sriracha or hot peppers to make our food explosive, Thabto’s grenade salt and pepper shakers give your dining table a little bang even if they don’t spice up your food much.

The Tortilla Lime + Salt bar from Komforte Chockolates balances a difficult combo of tangy lime, small tortilla chips bits and a base of rich milk chocolate, all nicely punctuated by a hit of salt.

SALT. Optic’s BOONEY Shades feature a chunky design that somehow manages to be sleek at the same time; choose from four organic tones, including buffalo tortoise and oiled bark.