It's a pairing so perfect that their names have come to symbolize dynamic duos. They're a staple from restaurant tables to ...

Since salt and pepper started out as precious and expensive, it may have been a way to show your wealth, to put both of them on your table for anyone to use. That tradition is finally starting to ...

Margie Soudek came into her first set of salt and pepper shakers—a pair of ducks “dressed like ladies”—around 1946. Throughout the next seven decades, Soudek’s collection expanded to ...

Salt has been a part of history since before Christ dating back to 6,050 BC. The first recorded accounts of salt's use in commerce, religion, even medicine date back to 2,700 BC.

A pair of siblings run a museum showcasing their 20,000-strong collection of salt and pepper shakers. Andrea Ludden, 52, and her brother, Alex, 69, run the world's only museum that is dedicated ...

Salt and pepper shakers come in all sizes and prices, but the figural ceramic types are the most fun for a beginner. Salt cakes into a lump in damp weather, so in the 1700s, salt was served in a ...