Soups, Stews, & Chowders

This warming and hearty Maine clam chowder recipe, thickened with crackers, is an old-fashioned Yankee favorite.

The best Portuguese Kale Soup recipe is made with linguica – a spicy sausage. Make a batch and see why they call this soup “Portuguese penicillin”!

This “old-salt” fish chowder recipe, thick with fish, potatoes, and bacon, is adapted from a 1976 Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives cookbook.

Made with mushrooms, bacon, potatoes, veggies, and herbs, we think this rustic mushroom chowder recipe is the ideal warm-up dish.

Made with prepared chicken stock, canned beans, and a colorful combination of vegetables, this easy Italian bean and vegetable soup is perfect for winter.

The beauty of this homemade matzo ball soup recipe is that every part of the chicken thighs gets used: bones for the stock, meat for the stock and the soup, and rendered fat for the matzo balls.

This milk-based corn chowder combines the sweet taste of corn with fresh fish for a meal that will warm you up any time of the year.

A hearty and easy New England corn chowder recipe that can be made in winter from canned corn. Served with corn bread and pickles or relish.

This homemade chicken and dumplings recipe has been passed down through generations and brings to mind the old-fashioned flavors of Grandma’s kitchen.

From hearty shepherd’s stew to creamy corn and cod chowder, here are 12 warming picks for the best winter soups, stews & chowders.

From the freshly made chicken stock to the mix of vegetables, this soup is a pot of traditional flavors that have survived the passage of time.

This chowder combines lessons that I learned from Marjorie Druker, owner of the Massachusetts-based New England Soup Factory, and Arturo Camacho, executive chef of Shell & Bones in New Haven, Connecticut. Camacho garnishes his bowls with kettle-style potato chips; Druker, meanwhile, gravitates toward tried-and-true oyster crackers. Whatever the garnish, I love the creamy lightness of this broth.