Roasting chestnuts had always seemed like too much work to try on my own. Buried beneath a green spiky burr and several layers of shell, chestnuts are a rather standoffish foodstuff. After getting ...

December is a month for feasting -- which is not necessarily to say gorging, though it sometimes seems like it. Eating well is not the same thing as stuffing yourself and eating sensibly is not the ...

Chestnuts are a seasonal tree nut with a long history, popular in many cuisines. American chestnuts are sweeter than European chestnuts. Fresh chestnuts must be scored and cooked before eating to ...