"While many football fans are preparing to watch the upcoming Super Bowl, the team at Tasting Table is thinking about a different kind of bowl: a warm, cozy, soup-filled bowl, and the kind brimming with fresh clams, potatoes, and a creamy base, known fondly as clam chowder. There are plenty of clam chowder types to choose from. These include San Francisco clam chowder - a nod to the city hosting Super Bowl 2026 - and New England clam chowder, the well-known chowder powerhouse."
"Despite the thousands of miles between the two cities, San Francisco clam chowder and New England clam chowder are relatively similar. In fact, San Francisco clam chowder is typically made in the New England clam chowder style, except for one major difference: San Francisco clam chowder almost always comes in a sourdough bread bowl. Sourdough is a staple in the San Franciscan diet - it's been a part of the food scene there since the mid-1800s"
San Francisco and New England clam chowders share a similar creamy base with clams and potatoes, but the primary distinction is presentation. San Francisco serves its chowder in or with a sourdough bread bowl, reflecting a long-standing regional sourdough tradition dating to the mid-1800s. A strain of bacteria believed indigenous to San Francisco contributes to a uniquely funky, complex sourdough flavor. Chowder origins trace back to seventeenth-century French sailors on the East Coast, with a written recipe appearing in the Boston Evening Post in 1751 and New England adopting the dish widely.
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