Tag: clams

Creamy Seafood Chowder with Clams, Shrimp, and Scallops

Creamy Seafood Chowder with Clams, Shrimp, and Scallops

Here in Rhode Island, hot soups aren’t just for chilly winter nights.  We’re fond of spending summer afternoons at clam shacks, both big and small, to get things like clamcakes or small, styrofoam bowls of chowder (pronounced “chowdah” around these parts).  It doesn’t matter the 

New England Baked Stuffed Clams

New England Baked Stuffed Clams

Continuing with our ongoing theme of local specialties, last week we made ourselves stuffies.  Known to the rest of the world as baked stuffed clams, “stuffies” are a mix of bread, meat, and minced clams, baked on the half shell.  Think of it as clam stuffing.