Oven-Roasted Chestnuts

This is one of our dad’s few specialties. He makes them once a year during chestnut season, when they’re readily available and cheap at the supermarkets.

Japanese Sweet Potato Chips

When I saw this at the fruit store, I just had to buy it. I didn’t know what I’d do with it, but it was really funny looking, and I had to have it. I picked the longest one in the basket and decided to figure something to make out of it when I got home. It’s a Japanese Sweet Potato. The outside is red, the inside is white. It has less moisture than the orange sweet potato that you’re used to, and I’m pretty sure that they’re not even related.