Ocean Salad with Lemon-Miso Dressing

Some sea vegetables are harvested by season, just like corn or pumpkins. Wakamé, or sea-tangle, is sweetest and most lustrous in the early spring, and that’s when it’s harvested in Japan. At that time wakamé is sometimes served fresh, as sashimi, although most of the crop is dried and stored for the year to come. This salad uses dried wakamé since it is readily available in specialty stores.

The recipe here offers two dressings, one that is classic, the o