Maine lawmaker Cleveland Sleeper loved steamy, creamy, dreamy clam
chowder. Thoughts of tomatoes in his chowder made him see red. So he
proposed a bill to make it a crime to add tomatoes to clam chowder. New
Yorkers were offended! A war of words raged, until finally a duel of
chefs settled the matter once and for all. The story behind the great
chowder cook-off of 1939 is told by author Anna Redding with gusto,
humor, and, of course, good taste.