Pine nuts and chestnuts both offer health benefits, but they contain different amounts of fat, protein, and fiber.

As we head into the winter months, there’s no better time to enjoy chestnuts as a sweet, roasted treat, or a flavor-enhancing ingredient in hearty soups and stuffing. Chestnuts are incredibly nutrient ...

“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.” The opening line of one of the most enduring Christmas songs of all time paints a scene that’s warm, nostalgic, and unmistakably festive — crackling fire, winter ...

The chestnut is breaking out of its shell as a Christmas tradition and gaining a year-round reputation as a low-fat, natural way to treat certain health conditions. Certain ethnic groups have long ...

On a perfect pumpkin-carving afternoon many years ago, my Swiss father taught me to use a knife on a much smaller, less colorful canvas: the chestnut. My lesson started at a local farm stand, where ...

Note: Piero Antinori says: “It is a very old tradition in Tuscany to eat chestnuts. We enjoy them boiled or roasted with the new wines. In the countryside, they still make a sort of chestnut polenta ...

In the panoply of smells that mark the transition of fall into winter, few are more evocative than chestnuts roasting on an open fire. The aroma that inspired the first line of Mel Torme’s “The ...

Q. Several members of my family suffer from nut allergies. Recently, we were preparing a recipe that called for water chestnut flour. Is the water chestnut a member of the nut family? A. Despite their ...

A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they ...

If you need to fulfill a salty craving, nuts are a good go-to snack. Everyone has their favorites, but there are a few nuts that you should probably just avoid. Sure, eating any salted nuts for too ...