Though the journey through My Paris Kitchen is over, my on-line cooking friends and I are continuing our virtual cook-along with Dorie Greenspan’s Everyday Dorie. Published in October 2018, we’ve been dipping our toes in monthly. In September, we’ll expand our efforts and report on two recipes each month.

This week’s selection aligns perfectly with the season – corn season, that is! Fresh-Off-the-Cob Corn Chowder showcases the sweet corn my household looks forward to all year long. This chowder tastes indulgent and yet, it is reasonably healthy.

The genius of this recipe is to cook half the vegetables in broth until tender and then puree them to make the base. It’s perfectly creamy, without any cream. The other half of the vegetables are sautéed in the fat remaining from cooking a few slices of bacon (OK, maybe not so healthy) and added to the puree. I didn’t even think the bacon was key to enjoying the soup, so it could easily be omitted. The only truly fussy part (which wasn’t a big deal) was fishing out half the potatoes before pureeing.

To reinforce the summer theme, I garnished each bowl with some quartered cherry tomatoes.

I am thrilled to discover this wonderful soup. It’s worth heating up the kitchen.

See what my Cook the Book Fridays friends thought of this soup by following their links here. You can find the recipe on page 72 of Everyday Dorie or on-line here.