CONCORD, N.H. -- Corn chowder shouldn't taste like seafood chowder to which somebody forgot to add the seafood. Trouble is, most do. The best are insipidly watery and flavorless. The worst are ...

NORTH ADAMS — So what makes a good chowder? Is it the ingredients, the texture or the taste? County residents traveled to North Adams to decide for themselves yesterday at the annual chowder cook-off, ...