May 22, 2012 | 31 notes

A Tasting Tour of Salts Around the World …none of these venues match Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest, starkest salt flats (a scene I have yet to experience). The photographs here only hint at the drama of the horizon-to-horizon salt-encrusted landscape of hills, drifts and fields that is considered one of the planet’s purest and least polluted. - Mimi Sheraton Photo: Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet Ed note: Salt has a rich and tumultuous history and considerable cultural importance the world over. Also, click through to the article for more stunning image of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni.

A Tasting Tour of Salts Around the World

…none of these venues match Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest, starkest salt flats (a scene I have yet to experience). The photographs here only hint at the drama of the horizon-to-horizon salt-encrusted landscape of hills, drifts and fields that is considered one of the planet’s purest and least polluted. - Mimi Sheraton

Photo: Ivan Kashinsky and Karla Gachet

Ed note: Salt has a rich and tumultuous history and considerable cultural importance the world over. Also, click through to the article for more stunning image of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni.