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Northshore October 2025
  Mess with New England Clam Chowder at your peril   “This is the North Shore,” warns Matt O’Neil, chef/owner of The Blue Ox in Lynn. “Everybody has an opinion.” Tinkering with the classic is dicey at every turn—after all, there is a reason the combination of clams, milk or cream, potatoes, and onions has stood the test of time.  “It’s an expression of who we are as New Englanders,” says O’Neil, a Swampscott native whose second restaurant, Ledger in Salem, will explore the cuisine of the colonists through the lens of today’s palates. “We&rsqu
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