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    Good Food

    Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

    Sara Fitzsimmons is Regional Science Coordinator Supervisor for the American Chestnut Foundation . Her goal is to successfully restore the American chestnut tree which has for almost 100 years fallen prey to blight. She says that American Chestnuts may be the smallest in the world, but they are also the sweetest.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Sara Fitzsimmons is Regional Science Coordinator Supervisor for the American Chestnut Foundation. Her goal is to successfully restore the American chestnut tree which has for almost 100 years fallen prey to blight. She says that American Chestnuts may be the smallest in the world, but they are also the sweetest.

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Hoppin' John Buche de Noel, American Chestnuts
    1. 0:00Christmas Cookies
    2. 0:00Market Report
    3. 0:00Buche de Noel
    4. 0:00Chestnuts Roasting on an Open FireYou’re reading this
    5. 0:00Pescado Zarandeado
    6. 0:00What To Do This New Year's Eve
    7. 0:00Hoppin' John
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