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 3996 recipes in total:

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Cornmeal Porridge      Origin: Jamaica	Cream of Salsify Soup      Origin: Britain	Cucurbitas mode Alexandrino (Alexandrine Melon)      Origin: Roman
Cornulete Vanilate (Romanian Walnut Crescents)      Origin: Romania	Creamed Alexanders Root      Origin: Britain	Cumberland Sausage      Origin: England
Cotagrys (Cockatrice)      Origin: England	Creamed Ground Elder      Origin: Britain	Cupcake Christmas Trees      Origin: Canada
Country Pork Terrine      Origin: England	Creamed Onions      Origin: American	Curau (Fresh Sweetcorn Pudding)      Origin: Brazil
Courges avec des arachides (Squash with Peanuts)      Origin: Gabon	Creamed Swedes      Origin: Britain	Curried Baked Cod with Cauliflower and Chickpeas      Origin: Fusion
Courgette Charlotte with Veal Sweetbreads and Ceps      Origin: Andorra	Creamed Sweet Potatoes with Carrots and Turnips      Origin: American	Curried Baked Hake with Cauliflower and Chickpeas      Origin: South Africa
Courgette Halwa      Origin: Fusion	Creamed Turnips      Origin: American	Curried Beef and Squash      Origin: Tanzania
Couscouma      Origin: Comoros	Creamy Chestnut Soup      Origin: France	Curried Beef Gratin      Origin: African Fusion
Couscous de Timbuktu      Origin: Mali	Creamy Lemon Blancmange      Origin: Britain	Curried Beef Stew      Origin: South Africa
Couscous with Dried Fruit, Nuts and Cinnamon      Origin: Morocco	Creamy Peanut Toffee      Origin: Britain	Curried Chestnut Soup      Origin: Britain
Cowl Bysk (Bisque Broth)      Origin: England	Creamy Rum Balls      Origin: Australia	Curried Chicken      Origin: Saint Kitts
Cozonac (Romanian Sweet Bread)      Origin: Romania	Crema de Naranja (Orange Cream)      Origin: Spain	Curried Chicken and Peach Salad      Origin: America
Crâme Glacée au Beurre d'Arachide (Peanut Butter Ice Cream)      Origin: Senegal	Creme de Frango com Amendoim (Cream of Chicken with Peanuts)      Origin: Angola	Curried Corn      Origin: Somalia
Crème de Corossol (Soursop Cream)      Origin: Senegal	Crème de Marrons (Chestnut Cream)      Origin: France	Curried Daylilies      Origin: Britain
Crème de Corossol Glacée (Soursop Cream Ice Cream)      Origin: Senegal	Creme of almanndes (Cream of Almonds)      Origin: England	Curried Fireweed Shoots      Origin: Canada
Crème Renversée à la Noix de Coco (Coconut Caramel Custard)      Origin: Senegal	Cremes caramel au beurre sale (Salted butter caramel candies)      Origin: France	Curried Gazelle      Origin: Zambia
Crème Verde      Origin: France	Creole Mustard      Origin: Louisiana	Curried Gazelle      Origin: Zambia
Crêpes aux myrtilles (Bilberry Crêpes)      Origin: France	Crêpes au Nutella (Crepes with Nutella)      Origin: Saint Pierre	Curried Green Banana Skin      Origin: India
Crab Fried Rice      Origin: China	Crevettes à l'Indienne (Prawns in the Indian Style)      Origin: France	Curried Mushrooms and Rice      Origin: Fusion
Crabs (Marshallese Coconut Crab)      Origin: Marshall Islands	Crispy Crab Wontons      Origin: Fusion	Curried Mutton Stew      Origin: South Africa
Cranberry Bundt Cake      Origin: America	Crispy Tilapia      Origin: American	Curried Noodles      Origin: Kenya
Cranberry Eggnog Muffins (Cranberry Eggnog Muffins)      Origin: American	Croatian Nut Meringue and Jam Biscuits      Origin: Croatia	Curried Rice      Origin: Fusion
Cranberry Mincemeat      Origin: Britain	Crockpot Cherry Cobbler      Origin: American	Curried Rice with Beef      Origin: Ghana
Cranberry Orange Quickbread      Origin: American	Crockpot Chocolate and Amaretto Cheesecake      Origin: America	Curried Scallops in Coconut Milk with Stevia      Origin: American
Cranberry Sauce      Origin: American	Crockpot Chocolate Rhubarb Cake      Origin: American	Curried Spinach with peanut butter      Origin: Burundi
Cranberry, Fig and Almond Mincemeat with Dates      Origin: Britain	Crocodile Curry      Origin: Zambia	Curried Squash Soup      Origin: Britain
Cranberry-pecan Cinnamon Rolls      Origin: Britain	Croquets of Meat or Fish      Origin: Britain	Curried Squash, Coconut and Lime Soup      Origin: Solomon Islands
Cream Cheese Filled Cupcakes      Origin: American	Croquette de Marron (Chestnut Croquettes)      Origin: Luxembourg	Curried Sweet Potato Soup      Origin: New Zealand
Cream Delight with Whiskey      Origin: Ireland	Croquette de poisson et manioc (Fish and Cassava Croquettes)      Origin: New Caledonia	Curry and Cardamom Cookies      Origin: American
Cream of Cheese Soup      Origin: American	Croquettes de fonio (Fonio croquettes)      Origin: Senegal	Curry comorien (Comoros Curry)      Origin: Comoros
Cream of Chestnut Soup      Origin: Britain	Croquettes de Mboa (Cameroonian Croquettes)      Origin: Cameroon	Curry de Boeuf (Beef Curry)      Origin: Mauritius
Cream of Mushroom Soup      Origin: Britain	Croquettes de Pommes de Terre Dauphine (Dauphine Potato Croquettes)      Origin: France	Curry de Boeuf au Yaourt (Beef Curry with Yoghurt)      Origin: Mauritius
Cream of Peanut Soup      Origin: Uganda	Crunchy N'Dizi (Crunchy Bananas)      Origin: Kenya
Cream of Puffball Soup      Origin: Britain	Cuciadate (Italian Fig Rolls)      Origin: Italy

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