Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Chestnuts can be enjoyed either raw or cooked — the biggest difference between the two is their flavor profile, says Wilcox Gier.

Chestnuts have been a food source for thousands of years. They can be eaten raw, roasted, ground into flour, or mixed into pastries. They grow on trees in the genus Castanea, and many species in ...

Raw chestnuts have a starchy, potato-like texture. In fact, due to their low-fat, high-carb composition, many describe chestnuts as a grain that grows on a tree. In terms of taste, chestnuts have ...

For the best roasted chestnuts, you need to start with a good batch of raw ones. Select large chestnuts with smooth, glossy skin. If they rattle or feel hollow, they've likely dried out ...

If you follow a simple lifehack shared by Japanese Twitter user 稲本雄太 Yuta Inamoto (@InamotoYuta), you'll have chestnuts ready to use without all the fuss, no special tools required. To begin with, ...

The water chestnut also grows in Australia, tropical Africa, and some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands. Small, round “corms” that are cut from the plant can be eaten cooked or raw in a variety ...