Corn Chowder Corn chowder made with fresh sweet corn is one of summer’s greatest pleasures. This easy recipe uses the corn cobs to infuse even more corn flavor into the milky broth. Elise founded Simply Recipes in 2003 and led cooking fresh corn on the cob site until 2019.

She has an MA in Food Research from Stanford University. With sweet, fresh corn, still available at the local farmers market, we just couldn’t resist trying our hands at some fresh corn chowder. The recipe is adapted from one by Mitchell Davis in Kitchen Sense and is full of flavor. The original recipe calls for a strip of bacon, but you can add a little bacon fat instead, if you have some on hand, or just add a little more butter. What’s the Best Corn for Corn Chowder?