Remembering Luciano Pradal, the ByWard Market's chestnut evangelist

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Pradal offered passers\u002Dby a free chestnut from his sidewalk \u0022fornella.\u0022 He died this year from heart failure and pneumonia. He was 79.

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“Freshly roasted chestnuts, what do you need more than that in life?” Pradal once proclaimed in an interview. “He never really made money with the chestnuts. He probably gave out free as many as he took money for,” said Nicastro. “He was a passionate man, always about the chestnuts — it goes back to Italy when he was a kid.”

Pradal grew up in the poverty of post-war Italy and was sent to school in short pants even on cold days. His mother would give him roasted chestnuts to put in his pockets: They offered a hot, nutritious breakfast while also serving to keep him warm.Article content

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