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Hamptons Salt Company Hamptons Salt Company hosted an exclusive salt tasting at Williams-Sonoma Bridgehampton’s Artisans' Market, which was an event focused on small batch, artisanally produced food products. Hamptons Salt Company offered guests a chance to try their preeminent line of all-natural sea salts, including raw salts, flavored salts and smoked salts. The Williams-Sonoma Artisans’ Market Program is an exclusive event that takes place monthly in 50 Williams-Sonoma stores across the country. The event features up to four artisans per month, giving customers the chance to interact with the makers directly. Salt collections that were on display and available for tasting included: The Flavor Seeker with five 1 oz. mini jars with Black Truffle, Garlic, Ghost Pepper, Smoked Hickory and Rosemary salt varieties; The Daily Chef containing a 14 oz. jar of Cooking Salt and 4 oz. jars of Finishing and Garlic salts; and The Collector, which includes 20 varieti...

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Hamptons Salt Company The latest luxury in epicurean cooking is artisanal sea salt, particularly those made using only all natural ingredients. Enter Hampton Salt Company, founded by Peter Pierce to provide his family an organic alternative to chemical laden table salts. “As a concerned father, I am cautious about what my family eats and once I began researching salt, I discovered that most of the salt Americans consume is actually nothing more than chemicals. Refined salts are stripped of all natural minerals found in the sea and most contain potentially unhealthy anti-clumping additives,” says Pierce. “I went to our cupboard and got rid of all the refined salts, including my box of kosher salt. This is how Hamptons Salt Company was born and since then, I’ve created an amazing assortment of all natural salts from around the world.” Pierce sources the globe to offer gourmands a variety of raw sea salts, flavored salts and smoked salts sure to spice up summer grilling...