Most seeds come from fruit that naturally free themselves from the shell, but this is not the case in nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. The general and original usage of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense), such as almonds, pistachios, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut. Nuts are an energy-dense and nutrient-rich food source.

Botanically, a nut is a fruit with a woody pericarp developing from a syncarpous gynoecium. True nuts include, for example, chestnut, hazelnut and filbert. Culinarily, the term 'nut' is used much more widely, and includes examples of drupes (such as pecans and almonds) or seeds (such as pine nuts and peanuts).

Also widely known as nuts are dry drupes, which include pecans, almonds, macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) and the water caltrop (Trapa bicornis). A drupe is an indehiscent fruit that has an outer fleshy part consisting of the exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, which surround a single pit or stone, the endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. In a dry drupe, the outer parts dry up and the remaining husk is part of the ovary wall or pericarp, and the hard inner wall surrounding the seed represents the inner part of the pericarp.

Walnuts and hickories (Juglandaceae) have fruit that are difficult to classify. They are considered to be nuts under some definitions but are also referred to as drupaceous nuts.

In common use, a "tree nut" is, as the name implies, any nut coming from a tree. This most often comes up regarding food allergies; a person may be allergic specifically to peanuts (which are not tree nuts but legumes), whereas others may be allergic to the wider range of nuts that grow on trees.

The sweet potato arrived in Europe with the Columbian exchange. It is recorded, for example, in Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book, compiled in England in 1604.

Nuts are eaten by humans and wildlife. Because nuts generally have a high oil content, they are a significant energy source. Many seeds are edible by humans and used in cooking, eaten raw, sprouted, or roasted as a snack food, ground to make nut butters, or pressed for oil that is used in cooking and cosmetics.

Nuts used for food are a common source of food allergens. Reactions can range from mild symptoms to severe ones, a condition known as anaphylaxis, which can be life-threatening. The reaction is due to the release of histamine by the body in response to an allergen in the nuts, causing skin and other possible reactions. Many experts suggest that a person with an allergy to peanuts should avoid eating tree nuts, and vice versa.

The nuts linked to from this page are: acorn; almond; beech nuts; betel nut; brazil nut; bush mango; filbert; ginkgo nut; kola nut; candlenut; cashew; chestnut; coconut; hazelnut; macadamia; ogbono; palm nut; peanut; pecan; pine nut; pistachio; walnut.

The alphabetical list of all the nut-based recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 2802 recipes in total:

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Antiguan Rice Pudding      Origin: Antigua	Aruban Iced Coconut Soup      Origin: Aruba	Bajan Chicken and Coconut Curry      Origin: Bahamas
Antiguan Seasoned Rice      Origin: Antigua	Asabia el Aroos (Brides' Fingers)      Origin: Afghanistan	Bajan Sweet Bread      Origin: Barbados
ANZAC Biscuits      Origin: New Zealand	Ash Gourd Coconut Curry      Origin: India	Bakari Riha (Mutton Curry)      Origin: Maldives
Apache Acorn Cakes      Origin: America	Ashkenazi Charoset      Origin: Jewish	Bake and Saltfish      Origin: Guyana
Apothermum (Sweet Wine and Raisin Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Asian Duck Curry      Origin: Fusion	Bakeapple Chicken Curry      Origin: Canada
Apple and Cottage Cheese Muffins (Äppelmuffins med KESO)      Origin: Sweden	Asian-style Lettuce Wraps      Origin: Fusion	Baked Beans with Nigerian Seasonings      Origin: African Fusion
Apple and Cream Pie      Origin: American	Ataanme Nmliche (Tiger Nut Pudding)      Origin: Ghana	Baked Butternut Squash with Cranberries      Origin: American
Apple and Pear Harvest Pie      Origin: South Africa	Atadwe Milkye (Silky Tigernut Pudding)      Origin: Ghana	Baked Cod and Egg Sauce      Origin: Scotland
Apple Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Aumonières aux pommes et aux marrons (Apple and Chestnut Purses)      Origin: France	Baked Cod with Ginger on Asparagus      Origin: Australia
Apple Cheesecakes      Origin: Ireland	Aurangabadi Naan Qaliya      Origin: India	Baked Date Oatmeal      Origin: Fusion
Apple Kesari with Nutmeg      Origin: India	Autumn Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Baked Eggs Florentine      Origin: Italy
Apple Muse      Origin: England	Avocado Toasts with Flowers and Soft-boiled Eggs      Origin: Australia	Baked Parsnips Irish Style      Origin: Ireland
Apple Nut Cobbler      Origin: Britain	Ayam Bumbu Rujak (Chicken with Rujak Gravy)      Origin: Indonesia	Baked Pilchards with Orange and Pine Nuts      Origin: Britain
Apple Pie Smoothie      Origin: American	Ayam Masak Lemak (Spicy Fenugreek Meat)      Origin: Malaysia	Baked Rice Custard      Origin: Australia
Apple Tansy      Origin: British	Ayam Masak Lemak (Chicken in Creamy Coconut)      Origin: Malaysia	Baked, Spiced, Red Cabbage      Origin: Canada
Apple, Chestnut and Mugwort Stuffing for Roast Goose      Origin: Britain	Ayimonlou et N'gbagba (Togolese Rice and Beans with N'gbagba)      Origin: Togo	Bakewell Mince Pies      Origin: Britain
Apple, Pear and Cinnamon Crumble      Origin: British	Azevias de Grão (Sweet Chickpea Pockets)      Origin: Portugal	Bakewell Tart      Origin: Britain
Appulmoy (Apple Stew)      Origin: England	Azindéssi aux Boeuf (Beef in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Togo	Bakewell Tart II      Origin: Britain
Apricot Compote      Origin: Britain	Azinkokoui aux Bloms (Azinkokoui with Blom Sausages)      Origin: Togo	Baklawa      Origin: Egypt
Apricot Crumble      Origin: British	Bánh lọt (Sweet Rice Pasta)      Origin: Vietnam	Balachaung Gyaw (Fried Dried Shrimp with Chillies)      Origin: Myanmar
Apricot Sorbet      Origin: British	Béchamel      Origin: Britain	Balchão de Camarão (Goan Prawn Pickle)      Origin: India
Arabic Pasta with Beef and Yogurt Sauce      Origin: Fusion	Bò Tái Chanh (Lemon-cured Beef with Rice Paddy Herb)      Origin: Vietnam	Ballymaloe Fruit Tarts      Origin: Ireland
Arkansas Cheesecake      Origin: American	Bûche de Noël (Yule Log)      Origin: France	Balti Chicken Pasanda      Origin: Britain
Aromatic Lamb with Ginger and Potatoes      Origin: Ireland	Bột Cary (Vietnamese Curry Powder)      Origin: Vietnam	Balushahi      Origin: India
Aros di Koko (Coconut Rice)      Origin: Dominica	Baabath (Tripe Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Bambam (Cassava Bread)      Origin: Saint Vincent
Arrowhead Tuber Mash      Origin: Britain	Bacalao a la Crema de Espárragos y Pimientos (Salt Cod with Cream of Asparagus and Peppers)      Origin: Spain	Bambukeyo Bongara (Maldives Breadfruit Curry)      Origin: Maldives
Arrowroot Halwa      Origin: India	Bacalao con Pasas y Piñones (Cod with Raisins and Pine Nuts)      Origin: Spain	Bammy      Origin: Jamaica
Arroz con Dulce (Puerto Rican Coconut Rice Pudding)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Bacon Clapshot      Origin: Scotland	Banana Akara      Origin: Sierra Leone
Arroz con Leche (Rice with Milk)      Origin: Colombia	Bacon Koftas      Origin: Britain	Banana and Peanut Butter Ice Cream      Origin: American
Arroz de Coco e Papaia (Rice with Coconut and Papaya)      Origin: Angola	Badam Puri      Origin: India	Banana Coconut Muffins (Banana Coconut Muffins)      Origin: American
Arroz doce (Sao Tomean Rice Pudding)      Origin: Sao Tome	Badanekaayi Gojju (Brinjal Curry)      Origin: India	Banana Ice Cream      Origin: British
Arroz Integral com Mantiega de Amendoim e Bananas (Brown Rice with Peanut Mantiega and Bananas)      Origin: Angola	Baekse Karē (Korean Curry Rice)      Origin: Korea	Banana Ketchup      Origin: Jamaica
Aruba Chicken      Origin: Aruba	Bahama Mama Smoothie      Origin: American
Aruba Curry Powder      Origin: Aruba	Baileys Syllabub      Origin: Ireland

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