Dewees Island - Stay Green

A Culinary Experience

Dewees Island, 1/4 mile from the Isle of Palms, is a private, oceanfront island retreat dedicated to environmental preservation. The island is blessed with an abundant harvest of edible flowers, fruit, nuts, seeds, herbs, teas, spices,marsh vegetables and seaweeds. In addition fish and shellfish are also available to enhance your daily menu.

Sea Lettuce is one of my favorite and is actually a seaweed that is available on Dewees. If you wander down to the north end of the island at low tide you will see the bright green leaves that look like pieces of ripped paper.

Be sure to wash it thoroughly before baking it in the oven. This is a wonderful crumble for salads that will add a great sea salt taste. You can also use the interior leaves for the base of the salad and the darker outer leaves sautéed to give your salad an even greater depth of flavor.

Ingredients are abundant on Dewees to help you explore your culinary inner self. Come live the dream!
Foraging for food
If you an adventurer and enjoy the hunt, why not visit Dewees?
The Yaupon Holly bushes are everywhere and offer the opportunity to make a Yaupon Tea that would make an Englishman blush. The tea that this produces reminds one of a great Oriental green tea.

Come, relax, sip a cup with us.

- Sharon Lewis, Island Realty Guest & Owner Advocate