"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" goes the opening lyric to one of the most popular Christmas songs ever written. But the truth is, it's much easier to roast chestnuts in the microwave, though it's ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...

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• 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 ...

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 ...