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Pacific Harvest: Watermelon Kelp Salad

Enjoy this excerpt from the new book PACIFIC HARVEST: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide written by Bellingham-based author Jennifer Hahn and published by Mountaineers Books. Hahn will share from her book Wed Apr 16 at 7pm at Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park and Friday, May 2 at 6 pm at Village Books Readings Gallery - more info and RSVP here!

SEA VEGGIES BOOST YOUR HEALTH AND FLAVORS!

The first time I tasted wild nori, it was served up in crispy handfuls from a recycled cereal box in the remote First Nations village of Gwayasdums on Gilford Island, British Columbia. The dark, crumpled wads had a vaguely pearlescent, purple-black surface. They tasted of smoked salmon and crunched like popcorn. I didn’t know it then, but the Elders who had picked and processed this seaweed by hand weeks earlier were sharing one of their most cherished traditional foods and trade items.

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