Many cultures associate chestnut trees and their harvest rituals with the winter holidays, and many cuisines use chestnuts for special recipes. In the United States, the smell of roasted chestnuts is ...

To prepare roasted chestnuts in a pan, get chestnuts of roughly the same size (or marrons) and check them one by one to ...

Located in the south-western part of Switzerland, close to the French and Italian borders and home to the picturesque Rhone ...

Fun, gastronomy, crafts and fairground rides will once again feature in Portimão during the São Martinho Fair, which takes ...

F. Cut little crosses in the chestnuts as described before, then place them in a roasting pan and cook uncovered for 20-30 minutes. Roasted chestnuts are best eaten still warm to the touch and ...

If you're foraging for wild chestnuts, don't confuse edible sweet chestnuts with unrelated (and inedible) horse chestnuts - also known as conkers. Wild British sweet chestnuts are not fully ripe ...

When autumn descends on the Valais, the leaves in the vineyards and larch forests glow a golden hue, creating a ring of ...

If you want to get into the traditional spirit and (in the words of the famous yuletide song) roast your chestnuts on an open fire, then be sure to score the skins so they don’t explode ...

Lisbon may not be the first city that comes to mind as a Christmas destination, but through December it offers a mild climate ...

Portimão is gearing up for its ‘Feira de São Martinho’ (Saint Martin’s Fair), a historic event which will return between ...

Why not take a detour from tradition and consider a cozy, idylic Christmas holiday trip to Europe, that will be remembered ...

Christmas is looming, and whilst it might be too early to be putting up the tree, it’s a great time to start planning a ...