This is a French classic.

Get a jar of chestnuts in vanilla syrup and some heavy cream to whip. Pick up some sensational vanilla ice cream and great chocolate (like Valrhona or Lindt bittersweet). Scoop the ice cream into two wine glasses. Spoon the chestnuts and their syrup over it and top with little mountains of whipped cream. Between spoonfuls, take bites of the chocolate. After that, you are on your own.

 

Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Lynne Rossetto Kasper has won numerous awards as host of The Splendid Table, including two James Beard Foundation Awards (1998, 2008) for Best National Radio Show on Food, five Clarion Awards (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) from Women in Communication, and a Gracie Allen Award in 2000 for Best Syndicated Talk Show.