Chowder

Actually, it's remarkable that I've managed to get this far into Project Recipe before encountering something I refused to ingest. Here's my story: What to do with the remains of Thanksgiving Dinner places people on either side of a culinary divide, and the turkey soup and chowder folk are unknown and inscrutable to me.

This is a great way to re-use thanksgiving leftovers. Really, I think you could toss whatever you wanted in here and it'd be delicious: a little mashed potato, some green beans (I did do that the third day to be honest). But save the pumpkin pie for after. Or breakfast.

This mussel chowder is both comforting in winter and well-suited for summer, given its straight-from-the-ocean brine that gets a lift from fresh lime and cilantro.

This New England clam chowder recipe gets its creamy consistency from half-and-half and smokiness from finely chopped bacon.