The result is an ever-changing selection of simple, well-cooked dishes, from pheasant breast with chestnuts to salads made with leaves picked that morning.

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On Friday up to 300 people are expected to start replanting in the most severely damaged area of Crowthorne Forest with species including sweet chestnuts, sequoia, Douglas firs and mountain pines.

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The oversize blankets are woven of hemp and hand dyed with French flowers, American chestnuts and indigo.

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In addition to cooking latkes in goose fat, German Jews stuffed a Hanukkah goose with apples, red cabbage and chestnuts.

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That bean is cream-colored with maroon mottling and has a flavor reminiscent of chestnuts.

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Libations are thoughtfully curated with options such as a tasty Corsican beer made from chestnuts and a lovely red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz from Bangalore (La Reserve Grover).

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It is the one to whom others in trouble turn, hoping that we will pull their chestnuts out of the fire, and we have been doing that with some frequency.

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