Which dish is described as New England style chowder with dry-cured bacon and rich cream?

• A. Earls Famous Clam Chowder
• B. Kale + Mushroom Pizza
• C. Cobb Salad
• D. Garden Greens Salad

Answer: (A)

Recognize the dish type first: New England clam chowder is a creamy, dairy-rich soup traditionally loaded with clams and potatoes, and it often includes bacon or salt pork for extra richness. The clue here is a chowder described as having dry-cured bacon and rich cream, which points to a creamy clam chowder rather than a tomato-based chowder or a non-soup dish.

Among the options, the one named Earls Famous Clam Chowder matches this description exactly—it conveys a clam chowder prepared in the New England style with indulgent cream and bacon. The other dishes are not chowders at all: a kale and mushroom pizza is a flatbread, a Cobb salad is a hearty mixed salad, and garden greens is a simple leafy salad. So the dish described by the clue is Earls Famous Clam Chowder.