Get into the holiday spirit with our easy technique for roasting chestnuts in your oven. You've no doubt heard crooners like Nat King Cole and Bing Crosby sing about roasting chestnuts on an open fire ...

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.

• Place two cuts crisscross through the shell of each nut. It's OK to cut into the meat slightly. The safest and quickest way to cut the nuts is to tap the top (the dull upper edge) of your knife with ...

Roasting chestnuts leisurely in a little cast iron pot over a roaring fireplace would be romantic, wouldn’t it? My winter evenings usually include tripping over a problematic Roomba and wrangling my ...