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, ...

On a gray, rain-drenched afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, the kind that stretches on for months, there's certain comfort in a warm, creamy bowl of chowder. While most of the country thinks of ...