As edible seaweed, wakame is perfect for preparing in salad form. Wakame can be used in salads and hot dishes and is an ingredient in miso soup, which, as many know, is one of the main dishes in ...

And when you hear "Japanese seaweed salad," the green noodle-like variety you're probably thinking of is wakame. Then there's ...

Unless gathered absolutely fresh, seaweed tends to be sold dried. It is available fresh from May to June. Carrageen, or Irish moss, is used as a vegetarian gelling agent in some processed foods.

The final installment will feature a salad that uses a “dried food of the sea,” wakame seaweed. In Japan, a nation surrounded by the sea, seaweed has been part of the diet since ancient times.

An impressive yet simple-to-make lunch or first course, seaweed bread bruschetta is topped with laverbread, cockles and crispy bacon and served with a crab and charred chicory salad. For the ...