Another shortcut for the season: a package of peeled, ready-to-use fresh chestnuts from France.

Now, fresh chestnuts from American-grown trees are starting to turn up at farm stands in small but promising amounts.

The growers are taking the fresh chestnuts to market, often still in their forbiddingly spiky green husks.

Among the seasonal specialties is an autumn chestnut cake made with fresh chestnuts.

The eyes were like two fresh and shiny chestnuts.

If you use fresh chestnuts, first make a notch in each one with a sharp knife and cook it in boiling water for five minutes.

He'd found a German girl with a taste for conservative loden and riding boots polished the shade of a fresh chestnut.

His fresh, unroasted chestnuts are $4 a pound.

I am even willing to go to the effort of peeling fresh chestnuts.

Nothing beats the taste of fresh chestnuts, but they are a nuisance to peel.