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Early Modernist chowder

Today we take New England clam chowder as something traditional that makes our roots as American cooking very solid, with a lot of foundation. But the first person who decided to mix potatoes and clams and bacon and cream, in his own way 100 to 200 years ago, was a Modernist.

Jose Andres (born 1969), Spanish-American chef, restaurateur and teacher. Beginning in the fall of 2010, Andrés taught a culinary physics course at Harvard University with Ferran Adrià.

Digging for clams on Cape Cod in 2008

— Photo by Invertzoo

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