Deb Engmark, head gardener at the historic Brucemore estate in Cedar Rapids, shares the following about an amazing tree on the Brucemore grounds: It's time. It's blooming. Brucemore's Chinese chestnut ...

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prepare a 12-by-8 inch casserole dish with non-stick spray and set aside. In a large sauté pan, warm the oil on medium-high heat. Add both Italian and Chinese sausages ...

In recent years a few southern Illinois farmers have been growing canola, an improved type of rapeseed used to make edible oil. A few other farmers have been experimenting with amaranth, a ...

I’ve always liked Chinese food, but I was never really a fan of Chinese water chestnuts … that is, until I grew my own and tasted them fresh. The tasteless white discs in cheap takeout are only a pale ...

Thanks for the picture. It always helps in trying to decipher what a plant may be, especially when someone has an idea of what they think it might be. In this case you have not spied a golden rain ...

Five years ago, scientists knew they had reached a milestone in their quest to reclaim one of the country's great forest treasures: Some lines of American chestnut saplings, with help from their ...

Surrounded by rows of young, green-leafed trees, orchard manager John Emery sweeps his scythe across the brush. Careful not to get too close to the trees, Emery stays in the beaten down paths, trying ...

Though we hear about them every holiday season in that famous song, chestnuts – whether roasting on an open fire or otherwise – have been noticeably absent from many American tables for decades, ...

CHESTNUT HILL - You wouldn't know by the name, the atmosphere, or even some of the food, but a place called Bernard's is one of the top Chinese restaurants in New England. Bernard's fits right into ...

For many of us, the chestnut tree is a symbol of something long gone. At Christmas, we sing of chestnuts roasting over an open fire, though most of us have never eaten one. Chestnut trees were ...