Don't forget to score your chestnut shells before you roast them or they could explode. You can also add flavorings like ...

Here are some tips on shelling chestnuts: • Try soaking them in lukewarm water for 20 minutes to soften the shell and make it easier to slash. • Instead of an “X” on the flat side of the nut, try ...

If you want to eat chestnuts, they need to be roasted or boiled so that they can be peeled. Once peeled, the chestnuts can be eaten raw or added to a recipe that calls for cooked chestnuts. Before ...

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Whether you prefer a serenade by Mel Torme or Nat King Cole, the phrase “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” signals the fall culinary season. But truth be told, most cooks prefer oven-roasting to a ...

As every visitor to Manhattan knows, the aroma of roasting chestnuts wafts from pushcarts on just about every corner in Midtown during the holiday season. And for certain families (ours among them), ...

I almost poisoned myself this fall, sampling some foraged Ohio buckeyes. Someone told me they were chestnuts. They looked and felt just like chestnuts, with their brown, lacquered shells. But they ...