Wolfgang Puck's silky-smooth autumnal soup showcases sweet and earthy chestnuts with fruity ruby port and luscious heavy cream. Layered with earthy Swiss chard and meaty chestnuts, Justin Chapple's ...

Nat King Cole crooning that first line from “The Christmas Song” sends holiday vibes buzzing wherever you are. But have you smelled, tasted or even seen a freshly roasted chestnut? Until a few years ...

A hearty cluster of chestnuts in their burr ready to be processed and cooked fresh! Having just wrapped up with Christmas — a holiday whose, perhaps, most historically famous song is subtitled ...

Note: This makes a simple, colorful side dish. Toss in leftover cooked chicken or pork and call it a simple dinner. I don't peel the sweet potatoes (the peels add texture and flavor). Preheat the oven ...

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 until ...

Chestnuts roasting over an open fire is a classic winter time image, thanks to Nat King Cole. But the origins of this holiday staple span long before the jazz singer crooned about the food. Here is a ...

OPB’s “Superabundant” explores the stories behind the foods of the Pacific Northwest with videos, articles and this weekly newsletter. Every week, Heather Arndt Anderson, a Portland-based culinary ...

While our culinary memories of the American chestnut have mostly faded, the fruit of the "bread tree" as it is sometimes called, remains firmly rooted in European and Asian tradition. Andrea Guastella ...

Bacon is nearly universally loved, even by those who shun pork (lamb, beef, or tempeh bacon, anyone?). Now, Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis gives us another reason to celebrate the salty, ...