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Recipes & Guides

Take it home and cook it — recipes, guides, and the tools to forage well.

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Know your seaweeds

Forager wading with a bucket on a Scottish low tide Seaweed Foraging in Scotland — The Complete GuideStart here: tides, law, the ten seaweeds, ethics & cookingGuide Hand-drawn harvesting diagram from the field guide Five Edible Seaweeds to KnowThe field-guide hubGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for dabberlocks Dabberlocks (Badderlocks)Identification, parts & harvestGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for pepper dulse Pepper DulseThe truffle of the seaGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for sea spaghetti Sea SpaghettiIdentification, season & cookingGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for sugar kelp Sugar KelpThe kombu of the North SeaGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for dabberlocks DabberlocksBadderlocks, the Atlantic wakameGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for dulse DulseThe bacon of the seaGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for sea lettuce Sea Lettuce & GutweedThe rock-pool greensGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for laver LaverNori’s wild cousinGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for carrageen Carrageen (Irish Moss)The seaweed that sets the puddingGuide Hand-drawn identification plate for oarweed OarweedThe classic kelpGuide Hand-drawn identification plate comparing the wracks The WracksBladderwrack & the mid-shore familyGuide

From the kitchen & the shore

Seaweed recipes from the UK shore — every one built on wild ingredients you can gather yourself on a Scottish low tide, and the methods for drying, storing and seasoning that make one harvest last a year.

Dulse cooking in a pan over a beach fire How to Cook SeaweedSeason, stock, vegetable, crisp — the practical guideGuide Cutting seaweed cleanly for drying How to Dry & Store Foraged SeaweedJayson Byles2026 Dried dulse ready for milling into seaweed salt Seaweed Salt — How to Make ItJayson Byles2026 Dulse crisping in a pan for seaweed butter Seaweed ButterJayson Byles2026 A steaming mug of seaweed tea beside a jar of dried dulse Seaweed Tea — for Garden & CupJayson Byles2026 Lentil and nettle pikelets cooking on a griddle Lentil & Nettle PikeletsJayson Byles2024 Seaweed muffins fresh from the oven Seaweed MuffinsJayson Byles2020 Jars of dabberlocks ginger pickle Ginger, Carrot & Chilli Dabberlocks PickleJayson Byles2020 Seaweed baked potato with butter Seaweed-Cooked Baked PotatoJayson Byles2020 A hand holding fresh dabberlocks seaweed Parts of the DabberlocksJayson Byles2020 Seaweed mulch spread on a garden bed Seaweed in the GardenJayson Byles2020 Tidal Thoughts shoreline artwork Tidal Zones & Some ThoughtsJayson Byles2020

Notes from the shore

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