The song about chestnuts roasting on an open fire may be American, but the nuts have long been imported. American chestnuts were all but wiped out by a blight early in this century. Yet if several ...

Red water chestnuts, a famous specialty for more than a century, have four spiny angles and resemble silver ingots in shape. Fresh and tender red water chestnuts can be consumed as a fruit, while ...

Pawpaw: Sometimes called the “poor man’s banana.” Chris Rice describes it as the largest fruit native to North America, reaching the size of a large potato. The tree is an "understory" variety, ...