I grew up in Boston with roasting chestnuts, so I know firsthand about their delicious flavor and of course how to prepare them. The Italians in our family score the nut only once across the round ...

Curious about how to cook chestnuts without resorting to an open fire? Try this delicious chestnut porridge recipe. It'll be your new favorite breakfast. Chestnuts aren’t just for the holidays. Here’s ...

Roasted chestnuts—or "caldarroste" as they call them in Italy—always seem to pop up when the weather starts getting chilly.

I blame Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" for ingraining this idea that we're all supposed to be roasting chestnuts on an open fire during the holidays. Show of hands: How many people have actually ...

The American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) is a big beautiful tree that provides green shade in the summer and displays a stunning array of fall foliage in autumn. It then loses its leaves, as ...

It seems the best way to cook chestnuts is indeed over an open fire, so the flames can touch the shells. I briefly considered asking my husband to drill holes into an old skillet and take the ...

My grandmother Ginny's signature dish was quail braised with chestnuts, served on polenta or grits. She was Louisianan and had emigrated to Italy, and I suppose the dish — game, cornmeal and the ...