You don't need an open fire to roast chestnuts; using an oven can fill your home with sweet aromas. Roasting chestnuts in the oven is easy and results in sweet, buttery, and tender nuts ready for ...

Chicken stew with chestnuts and mushrooms? Oh, it’s the stuff of dreams. Seriously. This cozy dish perfectly captures an ...

A quick five-minute stir-fry with water chestnuts and capsicum is just the dish for a healthy, easy meal. This colorful ...

Nat King Cole crooning that first line from “The Christmas Song” sends holiday vibes buzzing wherever you are. But have you smelled, tasted or even seen a freshly roasted chestnut? Until a few years ...

Fresh chestnuts are in season October, November and December. Look for heavy nuts with glossy, tight-fitting shells, free of blemishes, mold and pinholes from weevils. Remember chestnuts are ...

Main Dish: The capon, a tender meat that we enjoy for Christmas and/or New Year's. Stuffed with minced veal, small vegetables ...

Roasting chestnuts is a traditional holiday activity. But, if you gathered the nuts yourself make sure they are in fact chestnuts and not horse chestnuts or buckeyes, which are poisonous. There are ...

If you're foraging for wild chestnuts, don't confuse edible sweet chestnuts with unrelated (and inedible) horse chestnuts - also known as conkers. Wild British sweet chestnuts are not fully ripe until ...