Clearly this guy hasn't watched Alton Brown ever...

...because if he did, he'd have at least the faintest of clues as to exactly how integral salt is to cooking. With the possible exception of water, it is quite possibly the most important ingredient in any kitchen. This news story about an Assemblyman from Brooklyn who has introduced a bill to ban all salt in the preparation of any food in restaurants is beyond belief. Not only would this seriously harm the restaurant industry by making all of their food taste far worse, some foods are just not possible to make without the complex chemical reactions of which sodium is an integral member.

Simply put...it's amazing to me how dumb some elected officials can be. This is just ignorant.