Especially in coastal New England, clam and fish anchor the chowders of record, but it's easy to apply the notion of a creamy-hearty-chunky-brothy-warming soup to non-seafood ingredients, too. Since ...

Herman Melville rhapsodizes about it in the opening chapter of "Moby-Dick." A bill was introduced in the Maine legislature to make it a crime to add tomatoes to it. And nearly everyone has a glowing ...

As rain and wind wash over Southeast like a river, and leaves fall off the alder, and the berry bushes wilt, I start thinking about chowder. Fall reminds me of cupping my hands around a bowl of warm ...

Whether you look forward to it as a go-to appetizer every time you step foot in a seafood restaurant or you've just happened to notice how often restaurants offer it on Fridays, chowder has been a ...

Clam chowder is a classic comfort food that has a long history. This rich, briny soup can be traced back to the 1700s when it was found on the Atlantic coast. European settlers and the local ...

There is a reason why every run-down, disreputable, reeking, inexplicably charming fish joint in North America serves New England-style clam chowder, and that's that New England-style clam chowder is ...

Traditional Irish seafood chowder made with salmon, cod, shrimp, mussels, and smoked oysters in a creamy broth with bacon, ...

Andrew Zimmern adds depth to his rich seafood chowder by making an easy stock with corn cobs and shrimp shells. This creamy, buttery chowder from chef Andrew Zimmern is a prime example of building ...

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When I went to culinary school, we spent a lot of time discussing soup. It started by mastering stock before moving on to producing consomme, brothy soups with simple additions, thick pureed soups and ...