When the weather is gray and cold, it’s time to pull out the big bowls. Winter soups and stews are hefty and can lean rich. They’re meant to encourage slurping with big spoons and passing napkins to ...

The chef’s meal calls for seafood or chicken stock, extra-virgin olive oil, finely chopped smoky bacon, chopped onion, chopped celery hearts and their leafy tops, peeled and sliced starchy potatoes, ...

As easy as it is delicious, this chowder bypasses celery in favor of fennel, which gives the soup a little anise flavor and some extra heft. The vegetables are thinly sliced and cooked together to ...