Gower Coast

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ALI RAY tries a staple food of Wales' Gower coastline


A taste of Wales: laverbread and cockles

By ALI RAY
Posted on 29 February 2016

To dispel a common culinary misconception, laverbread is not bread. It’s seaweed. Laver (‘Bara lawr’ in Welsh) is a particular type of edible seaweed (porphyra umbilicalis). It's grows around the UK’s western shorelines, yet it is only really Welsh cuisine that has adopted it with any passion.

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