Italian cuisine is seriously known for its unique treats, and chestnut jam is one of them. Especially in those mountainous ...

The toasty scent of roasting chestnuts defined my holiday vacations. As a child, I'd go with my mom on the train from New Jersey to window-shop and see the tree at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

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 ...