Rain be damned. Unlike the chowders of the Northeast, Minorcan clam chowder is made peppery with datil peppers, a cousin of the habanero. Image Attendees stand in the rain at this year’s fair ...

Some New Englanders say clam chowder should be so thick, you can stand a spoon up in it. At Saltie Girl, Sidell shares that mentality, reducing heavy cream and fresh clam stock until it’s ...