Newport’s Local Ocean Seafoods is hosting a special Winter Waters dinner for the second year in a row, and we’re SO excited to see what Chef Enrique Sanchez Rodriguez comes up with this year. This will be a multi-course dinner centered around seaweed and local, sustainable seafood. More details to come!

Mark your calendar for the evening of Sunday, February 2nd. Takibi, in NW Portland, will be hosting a Winter Waters dinner in collaboration with the Oregon Albacore Commission as a celebration of this sustainable, delicious tuna and the hardworking fishermen who bring it to port. Every course will utilize Albacore tuna as well as Oregon Seaweed in some way.

Enjoy seaweed bites and seafood trivia, learn about our fishery and aquaculture industries in Oregon, while competing for delicious prizes!

Join us for a deep dive and screening of Hope is in the Water, a PBS series about the “Blue Foods” industry that features kelp farming, urchin ranching, sustainable shrimp farms, and more! Come eat curated seafare Bento Boxes, enjoy local wines and seaweed mocktails and learn from experts in the field.

Come learn about the process and techniques to make cyanotypes using a collection of pressed seaweeds and PNW flora.

Chef Jane Hashimawari of Ippai PDX, known from her focus on Japanese comfort food, will highlighting the seasonal bounties of the Pacific Northwest with this interactive Temaki Night! Jane will demonstrate the proper construction of Temaki (traditional Japanese hand-roll) with locally sourced fish, veggies, and seaweed. Guests will get to try their hand at making their own rolls! Temaki will be paired with locally owned, woman-made sakes curated by studio owner Michelle Valigura.

Take a break from your work day and join us for an hour-long, midday "seaweed snack." 

This book group-style discussion with author, photographer, and designer Josie Iselin is going to be the highlight of your day!

Details coming soon, but save the date for this collab between Tastebud and Chef Maylin Chávez of Nácar Oysters.

A seaworthy afternoon at the Oregon Coast celebrating the many riches our winter waters have to offer us. Tournant and Shifting Tides NW are joining forces to share an afternoon of learning and feasting on local seafood, seaweed and Dungeness crab at one of the most picturesque venues on the coast

Come enjoy seaweed bites and seafood trivia with marine biologist Alanna Kieffer of Shifting Tides NW and Oregon Seaweed.

Winter Water at NEKST in Astoria will give guests two opportunities to enjoy a spectacular meal focused on hyper-local and seasonal flavors, utilizing ingredients foraged and harvested on the coast.

Winter Water at NEKST in Astoria will give guests two opportunities to enjoy a spectacular meal focused on hyper-local and seasonal flavors, utilizing ingredients foraged and harvested on the coast.

We’re excited to host The Oregonian’s Andre Meunier + friends, for a fun beer tasting (and judging) event at Loyal Legion Beer Hall in Beaverton. We have TEN Oregon breweries crafting seaweed beers specifically for the February Winter Waters dining series, so we decided to get them all in the same bar so you can try them side by side.

Chef Jonathan Jones is hosting guest chef Enrique Sanchez Rodriguez, from Newport’s Local Ocean Seafoods. Both these chefs have participated in Winter Waters events in the past, and we’re excited to see what they’ll create together for this special collaboration dinner in Salem, Oregon.

Join us in Port Orford for a fun, free, family-friendly event at Mr. Ed’s Underground Pub. Come enjoy an afternoon celebrating local seafare and the people who make it all possible. We'll have a marine touch tank, folks from the seafood industry presenting information, seafood and Pacific Dulse seaweed cooking demo + tasting.  Bring the whole family and order seaweed-specials from the Mr. Ed’s menu.

Join us for a day of tours between Port Orford and Bandon, Oregon to learn about sustainable fisheries as well as newly developed aquaculture facilities!