It’s officially the holiday season, which means it’s the best time of the year to test your skills baking gingerbread cookies for the first time, and romanticize roasting chestnuts on an open ...

"Chestnuts roasting in an apartment oven," or however the classic Christmas song goes. While you might not want to fuss with an open fire, you can still cook up the holiday season's favorite snack ...

But have you smelled, tasted or even seen a freshly roasted chestnut? Until a few years ago, I hadn’t either. And I’m not alone. My fascination with chestnuts started with Richard Powers ...

Street vendors often sell them at Christmas markets, and you may find hints of roasted chestnuts on various restaurant menus over the winter. As for how to make them yourself, British cooking icon ...

Roasting chestnuts was once a highly practiced Christmas tradition, but it seems it's been all but lost in the 21st century. We all grew up hearing the iconic 1946 classic "The Christmas Song," ...

It's been a very long time since vendors sold the American chestnut on city sidewalks. It's no longer the variety whose smell some people associate with Christmastime as it wafts from street carts.

It’s officially the holiday season, which means it’s the best time of the year to test your skills baking gingerbread cookies for the first time, and romanticize roasting chestnuts on an open fire.

These once-common nuts could be poised for a comeback. The days of Nat King Cole for the holidays are long gone, but we still have chestnuts and open fires on which to roast them. Retailers hoping to ...

Lynn is a Nutrition Educator with the University of Maryland Extension. If you want to roast a few chestnuts this winter, then Lynn has the perfect recipe for you. Chestnuts do require a bit of ...