Step 1 Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, cover wakame with cold water by 3 inches and soak 20 minutes (wakame will expand).

Our luggage was filled with dried kombu or wakame whenever we returned from ... She has worked in nutritional roles at substance recovery centers, charter schools and food banks.

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.