Roasted chestnuts are a delicious cool-weather staple. If you want to make them yourself at home, there's no need to turn on ...

F. Cut little crosses in the chestnuts as described before, then place them in a roasting pan and cook uncovered for 20-30 minutes. Roasted chestnuts are best eaten still warm to the touch and ...

Even for nostalgia buffs, though, the reference to chestnuts, let alone roasted ones, will trigger few remembrances. Chestnut trees once dominated Eastern forests comprising as much as half the ...

If you want to get into the traditional spirit and (in the words of the famous yuletide song) roast your chestnuts on an open fire, then be sure to score the skins so they don’t explode ...

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 ...

Show of hands: How many people have actually roasted, let alone tasted, a fresh chestnut? Also, if you live in New York City like me, how many of you have an open fire available? I, for one ...

When cool enough to handle, peel the chestnuts. Be sure to do this while they are still warm. We know that most of us find recipes through search and our dedicated search engine will search our ...

In fact, it would be most proper to call a chestnut a “fruit” and not a “nut.” As Blackwell points out, it’s more than half water and often sweet when roasted a bit. The kind of chestnut ...