Walnuts give almonds a run for their money as the most indispensable nut in the pantry. We call them English walnuts. The English call them Persian walnuts. I wonder what the Persians call them.

Call me squirrelly, but I think I know why I'm drawn to nuts in the fall. Recently, as I was pouring a big bag of unshelled walnuts and almonds into a long skinny bowl I use as a centerpiece, I ...

A bowl of unshelled nuts is not an uncommon sight during the holidays, but a lot of folks may view them as mere ornamentation — or a test to see if that decorative nutcracker is really as strong-jawed ...