I first learned about chestnuts from “The Christmas Song” (most likely, the Chipmunks’ version), not from tasting one. That happened much later. Grist thanks its sponsors. Become one. To support our ...

Thanks to Bing Crosby, chestnuts are firmly associated with Christmas in the American imagination. But in the years before a parasite spread from the Bronx Zoo to almost every tree in the country, ...

Serves 6 as a pudding, just double the recipe for a large cake, test after one hour in the oven. For a small cake 8 inch or 23cm tin or 6 teacups or timbale moulds. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4 ...

"My dad was born in New Jersey but moved to California when he was 9," says BA assistant food editor Alison Roman. "When I was little, he decided to bring roasted chestnuts, his favorite thing about ...

"There'll be parties for hosting / Marshmallows for toasting ..." ("It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" by Edward Pola and George Wyle.) "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire / Jack Frost nipping ...

When food historian David Shields went hunting for chestnut-era recipes, he ambled into a 19th-century world where eaters dined on “chestnut souffles, chestnut grits, chestnut-fed venison and, at ...

A bit of chocolate at the end of a meal always goes down well, and I've thrown in a few chestnuts here to add a little Christmas spirit. You can serve this festive pudding with thick cream, custard or ...

Chinese likes to make pudding before or on the day of a festival. It is Ching Ming Festival today. If you would like to prepare a quick but delicious pudding, you won't be disappointed with the recipe ...