Deborah Madison's Celery Root Chowder
february 23, 2015

Deborah Madison's Celery Root Chowder is a favorite of ours, I make it every winter when celery roots are in our CSA box. This time I served it with some fresh bread from the bakery, soft ripened cheese, and pâté, for my husband's birthday. Pâté is one of his favorite things that we almost never eat. We also almost never have Manhattans with dinner. 

Our kids usually both eat the chowder, and they did this time, too, especially since there was an ice cream cake on the line. Our favorite family cheese, Cowgirl Creamery's Mt. Tam, and the bread were a big hit, though the kids nixed the pâté. Which is fine, there was more for me. 

The recipe for Celery Root Chowder is here or on p. 209 of Deborah Madion's Local Flavors:Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets.