Have you ever wanted to enjoy warm, fragrant chestnuts, ready in just 7 minutes? With this recipe you can do it without turning on the oven and without dirtying pots and pans: just a few steps and the ...

Way back when, teen-agers would put whole chestnuts into the fireplace flames and bet kisses on whose would pop first. That’s terribly tame entertainment by today’s standards, but it’s still fun to ...

"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 ...

Inspired by Christmas song lyrics, I talked about roasting chestnuts in a recent column. Janet Johansen emailed to say she had rephrased "chestnuts roasting on an open fire" to "chestnuts popping in ...