What is the difference between table salt and kosher salt?
Most salt shakers contain table salt, a fine-grained salt often including iodine - called iodized salt. Table salt is most commonly applied ���at the table��� when eating, however many home cooks don���t tend to keep multiple types of salt on hand so they might season their food with table salt during the cooking process. 
 Kosher salt is a more flaky salt and typically used either in larger quantities for brining or creating a salt crust on proteins prior to cooking. Most professional chefs will choose Kosher salt over table salt as they prefer the texture and usability. Table salt, being very fine-grained, is more dense than kosher salt and as such, recipes using salt should be weighed rather than using a volume measurement to ensure that a different type of salt doesn���t ruin the recipe.