The Holey-Pan Method: Use this method for open fires, gas stoves, bonfires, and barbecues. Pick up an old uncoated metal pan from a secondhand store (or sacrifice an exhausted one of your own), and ...
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Roasting Chestnuts at Home Made Easy

At the Christmas market, you’ll often find a small stand offering hot chestnuts. For many, these nuts are an essential part ...
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire isn’t just the title of the well-known song crooned by Nat King Cole (or Justin Bieber for you young ones), it is the most amazing way to enjoy chestnuts throughout ...
Roasted chestnuts are a delectable munch after a holiday meal, but they are also a quintessential component of many Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes, from stuffings and side dishes to warm, ...
This chestnut cake is heavily inspired by gâteau ardéchois, a classic French cake from the chestnut-growing Ardeche region that uses sweetened chestnut puree.
In De Yip Loo`s native country, street vendors had a unique technique for roasting chestnuts. ”In China we use a container like a wok with little pebbles in it,” Loo says. ”You have a fire under the ...
If you're like us, this holiday season was so jam-packed with activities that, while you might have sung about chestnuts roasting on an open fire, that's about as close as you could get to this ...
Sitting under a dappled arbor of near-black grapes, Joanne Parker let the memories flow. "I used to drive Aunt Elsie up to pick chestnuts," she said. Parker was at the Gianoli Ranch in Yorkville, ...