In 1939, Portland chef George Miller was crowned Maine’s Chowder King
And that s just for starters. More than 80 years later, his descendents tell all about Miller s glorious victory for New England-style clam chowder.
Photo courtesy of Caren Michel
Sometimes, after a story is published, writers get pleasant surprises. That happened Sunday Feb. 28, the day a story I wrote about clam chowder appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram.
The story included a few paragraphs about a 1939 clam chowder cookoff at the Lafayette Hotel in Portland, and the children’s book recently written about the event by local author Anna Crowley Redding. That afternoon, I received a tweet from Maine artist Caren Michel, who said she is the granddaughter of the chef who won the contest.