Years ago, I started a tradition on Christmas Eve of serving up hot soups with an array of breads and crackers. A cup of hot cider and homemade cookies completed the simple meal that we shared ...

Salmon, whether poached, broiled or grilled, makes for an easy weeknight meal accompanied by pilaf or couscous with a vegetable on the side. Plan ahead and cook extra salmon for a warming fish chowder ...

The days will start cooling down, and the sun will keep setting earlier each day. It’s time for warm cider and cozy sweaters. Most importantly, it’s time for a cozy bowl of piping-hot soup. Welcome ...

Chowder is an all-year, all-weather soup. When the weather is wet and chilly, there’s nothing more comforting than hunkering over a steaming bowl of chowder, with seafood and chunky potatoes jockeying ...

A seventh-generation Mainer, chef Christian Hayes grew up on New England staples: Boiled dinners. Lobsters. And lots and lots of chowders. These days, in his (now closed) kitchen at The Garrison, ...

My husband and I love everything on the menu at Ford Fry's The Optimist but especially the smoked fish chowder. Any chance you can get the recipe? Thanks. — Phyllis Flowers, Canton The Optimist’s ...

As much as we love a classic New England clam chowder, there are other fish in the sea. Definitions vary, but the only real qualification for a soup to be called a chowder is that it's hearty, chunky, ...

Cream, butter, crabmeat, and shrimp — what's not to like? But the game-changing ingredient of this rich chowder from Andrew Zimmern is an easy homemade stock using existing ingredients (cobs from the ...

Restaurants have go-to recipes -- ones the cook enjoys making and the guests order over and over again. At home, I turn to one-pot soups, stews and slow-cooker meals for the same reasons. I like to ...