An article in the October edition of Food & Wine focuses on the rising utilization of seaweed on the menus at Maine restaurants. Fore Street, Bread & Friends, Norimoto Bakery, Heritage Seaweed are all mentioned as is a seaweed cacio e pepe that was on the menu at The Alna Store last fall,
At Alna Store, a market and restaurant in Alna, Maine, where the menu changes often, we tried a mind-blowing seaweed cacio e pepe — the pecorino and black pepper sauce seasoned with wakame, dulse, nori, and kombu. It was rich, earthy, and savory, with a subtle aquatic funk: a new frontier of salinity.