Alanna Kieffer Just Wants You to Love Seaweed: “Pacific dulse is on the menu during Winter Waters, an event series spotlighting seaweeds, bivalves, and other local seafood at restaurants and businesses up and down the Oregon Coast (and at a few inland locations, including in Portland).”

Seaweed-centric food celebration returns to Oregon: “The founders of Winter Waters, Alanna Kieffer, Rachelle Hacmac and Kristen Penner, have announced the return of the event series to Oregon for February 2025.”

Winter Waters celebrates seaweed on the Oregon Coast: “Winter Waters has expanded from one seaweed-focused dinner into a monthlong series of events, with seafood education, workshops and many chances to taste seaweed creations by local chefs.”

Bye, kale: Marine scientists want you to eat more seaweed: “The ocean vegetable is the most sustainable ingredient not on your plate...yet.”

Ride the regenerative seafood wave with Winter Waters: “The second annual series raises awareness about farmed sea vegetables through culinary experiences.”

Seaweed Beer Comes To Life as Part of The Winter Waters Regenerative Seafare Seres: “A handful of Oregon breweries, including Obelisk and Sisu, are brewing seaweed beers specifically for the February Winter Waters series. And Loyal Legion will be the only place where the public can sample all of the seaweed brewed beers in one setting.”

Second Winter Waters Fest Brings New Culinary / Drink Exploration to Portland, Oregon Coast, Valley: “Ever wish for a seafood fest that spread its tentacles all over Oregon, and takes place on the Oregon coast, in Portland, McMinnville and even Dayton?”

Delights of the sea: Coastal chefs highlight sea vegetables for Winter Waters: “Dulse, kombu, wakame, nori. They’re all edible seaweeds, featured throughout the month of February in a dining celebration called Winter Waters.”

Second annual Winter Waters festival highlights coastal foods with three days of events: “Salmon and crab are two of the biggest stars of our local waters, but an unsung hero lurks just offshore. Increasingly acknowledged as powerhouse packages of health, sea vegetables are showing up in smoothies, soups and salads and more.”

Winter Waters Is a New Seafood-Focused Festival Coming Your Way in February! “Feast may be dead, but fans of multiday festivals centered on eating have a new option on the horizon.

Winter Waters is a new dining series scheduled to take place throughout February in both Portland and locations along the Oregon Coast. The seafood-focused program is the work of three women who are passionate about what is perhaps one of the less glamorous ocean-dwelling edibles: algae.”

Winter Waters gets Oregon-Grown Seaweed onto Local Menus: “A series of dining events in Portland and along the Oregon Coast put sea vegetables front and center, shining a light on bottlenecks and opportunities for Oregon’s seafare supply chain.”