
One of the treats I enjoy eating around the holidays is roasted chestnuts. Like many of you, I associate them with the Christmas season. But they remind me of a time when my father brought a bag home, and I put some in our toaster oven. Since they take about 15 minutes to roast, I went back into my bedroom and was resting on my bed reading my homework. Meanwhile, my mother walked into the kitchen and sat at the table to do...