Clam Chowder

Name: Clam Chowder
Ingredients: 5 cups whole milk; ½ cup dried shrimp (about 3 oz.); 2 bay leaves; 3 ounces bacon (about 4 slices), diced; 2 cups thinly sliced leeks (about 3½ oz.); ½ cup dry white wine; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons water; 2 cups diced peeled russet potato (about 1 large potato); 1 cup diced celery (about 2 stalks); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; ½ teaspoon black pepper; 36 littleneck clams, scrubbed (about 2½ lb.); 2 tablespoons thinly sliced chives