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FilmsA Forager’s Summer The Seaweed Forager The Trade FAM Film Foraging & Fortitude Cutting dabberlocks Straight from the beach

Aerial view of the East Neuk coastline

Jayson holding up a long kelp frond on the rocks, the Firth of Forth and the far shore behind him

A workshop group on the sands at low tide, East Neuk

Harvesting golden kelp at low water

Cutting seaweed carefully with scissors

Cutting dabberlocks: a short film of Jayson cutting a blade above the base so it grows back

Mussels and sea spaghetti over the fire

A pot on an open fire on the shore at dusk, waves breaking behind

Green seaweed fritters cooking on a griddle over the fire

Fish and bright green sea lettuce cooking in a cast-iron pan over embers

A Forager's Summer: film

On the Rocks: identifying the harvest

Jayson kneeling on the wrack-covered shore, pointing out a seaweed to guests

Jayson crouched at a rockpool among the wracks at low tide

Sea spaghetti dropped into a steaming pot

A workshop group celebrating on the rocks

Cutting sea spaghetti

Fresh dulse added to a hot pan

Deep red dulse blades held up against the light

Jayson Byles holding up a frond of dulse on the East Neuk shore, wrack-covered rock behind him

Two foragers under big skies at the rockpools

Wild cooking with visiting chefs, Kingsbarns

A guest smelling freshly picked dulse

Jayson holding a kelp stipe with dulse growing along it

A forked strand of sea spaghetti in an open hand beside a pair of scissors

Foraging and Fortitude: film

Seaweed dishes served straight from the pan

A plate of pesto sea spaghetti, mussel fritters and grains, eaten on the beach

A carrageen pudding with berry sauce on a plate, held on the beach

Sea spaghetti and dulse on a plate with a slice of bread

Ready for the shore

Jayson kneeling among the wracks, putting sea lettuce into a wicker basket

Broad beans, tomatoes, chopped herbs and dulse on a chopping board

A wicker basket of freshly picked seaweeds: sea lettuce, kelp, dulse and more

Dabberlocks blades hanging in the sun, light shining through them

Jayson wading out to the kelp with his bucket

The walk out past Newark Castle

Two hands holding out wooden bowls of seaweed, grains and tomatoes on the beach

A wok of vegetables and seaweed over a fire on the sand, a wrapped seaweed parcel on a griddle beside it

Two guests sitting on the rocks on the beach, a steaming wok of seaweed and tomatoes in the foreground

A wicker basket on the rocks holding a tin of pepper dulse, fresh sea lettuce and a kelp blade, the sea behind

A wicker basket of seaweed on the rocks with the surf and low sun behind

A tub of freshly cut sea spaghetti with scissors, resting on the wrack

Close-up of the shore at low water: yellow sea spaghetti strands, red seaweed and wrack fronds

A wicker basket with scissors, a tin and cut seaweed on the rocks by the sea

Bladderwrack washed up on golden sand

A dense bed of wrack fronds exposed at low water

Freshly gathered wrack with pink seaweed threaded through it, ready for the garden

The coastal path towards St Monans Auld Kirk

Sea spaghetti, dressed and done

Long strands of sea spaghetti draped over the rocks at low tide

A plate of sea spaghetti, seaweed-crusted fish, grains and dressed greens

Guests gathered around the beach fire

Jayson at the beach kitchen on the sand, a pan on the stove and the shore behind

Four guests with Jayson at the beach kitchen on the sand

Mussel fritters cooking on a small stove on the sand

Jayson at a table of jars and baskets set up on the beach

The Seaweed Forager: film

A group wading through the rockpools

Bright green sea lettuce spread across the rocks at low tide

Fronds of carrageen, Irish moss, growing on the rocks

Dabberlocks fronds lying over the rocks at low water

Scissors and a handful of freshly cut dulse

Fresh dulse blades, glossy and deep red-purple, held in a hand above the wracks on the shore

A hand beside a tuft of dark red pepper dulse on the rock

Young foragers meet the kelp

A quiet cove at low tide

The moon rising over the sea and rocky shore at dusk

Dark, glossy laver coating a rock face above the sand

Handing over a strand of sea spaghetti to taste

Jayson Byles looking out over the shore at low tide

Visiting French chefs gathered on Kingsbarns beach

A private group of guests lined up on the beach after a workshop

A picnic table laid with a cloth, baskets and jars above the shore

Fife FAM trip film, March 2025

Harvesting seaweed as the swell breaks over the rocks

A plated seaweed tasting dish

The dunes and shore at Kingsbarns beach

The St Andrews skyline seen across the water from the beach

Guests laughing while holding a long oarweed frond

Oarweed blades under clear shallow water at a spring low, each blade split into long finger-like straps

A golden sugar kelp frond in shallow water with a small starfish on it

A helmeted group heading out along the coast path

A helmeted workshop group foraging among the rocks below the Auld Kirk at St Monans

Jayson seated among the kelp beds in low winter sun

Walkers on the coastal path into the morning sun

Seaweed panna cotta with berry sauce on a plate

Seaweed muffins fresh from the baking tin

Fresh hake fillets wrapped in sea lettuce and sprinkled with dried dulse and fresh truffle weed, on a board on the rocks

Six kinds of dried seaweed laid out on scallop shells

Dried, aged sugar kelp fronds coated in a white bloom of natural mannitol

Guest video from the beach

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