I ordered lobster-and-corn bisque and seafood salad, and washed it down with a half-bottle of French ros?$46 with tip).
Clam chowder was just one of a number of sumptuous soups -- lobster and corn chowder, seafood gumbo, carrot-and-clam bisque.
Seafood, often in combination, forms the basis of many savoury stews, soups, chowders, gumbos, and bisques.
For the sake of simplicity, let's focus on three types of soup: We'll call them broths, chowders and bisques.
The cookbook's eight chapters, many with color photographs, cover vegetable soups, chowders, gumbo and bisques, bean and grain soups, comfort soups, light warm and chilled soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts.
Its peak season is from May to September, and its plump, sweet kernels can be used in so many ways, whether you toss them fresh into salads, steam them or puree corn to add to soups and bisques.
There's seafood chowder and lobster bisque and Maryland crab chowder and Italian wedding soup.
The silky lobster-and-tomato bisque with chunks of sweet seafood was equally satisfying.
On one recent visit, highlights were Maine lobster and crab bisque, and sea scallops with braised oxtail, wild mushrooms and sweet soy.
The menu includes shrimp and corn bisque and entrees like sauteed soft-shell crabs served over linguine tossed with crawfish tails, diced tomatoes, green onions and a light lobster sauce.
