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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Curry de Lotte au Citron Vert (Monkfish Curry with Lime)      Origin: Senegal	Daqoos Spice Blend      Origin: Kuwait	Djouka de Fonio (Fonio Couscous with Vegetables)      Origin: Mali
Curry de Lotte Bretonne (Breton Monkfish Curry)      Origin: France	Daraba      Origin: Chad	Djouka Fonio      Origin: Mali
Curry de Pintade à la Noix de Coco (Guinea Fowl and Coconut Curry)      Origin: Madagascar	Dark Rum Cake      Origin: America	Dobos Torte II (Drum Cake II)      Origin: Hungary
Curry de pollo y coco (Chicken and Coconut Curry)      Origin: Dominican Republic	Date and Bran Muffins      Origin: British	Doce de Coco (Cape Verdean Coconut Candy)      Origin: Cape Verde
Curry de porc au taro tahitien (Tahitian Pork Curry with Taro)      Origin: Tahiti	Date and Nut Laddu      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Dodo Oni-yeri (Egg-coated Fried Plantain)      Origin: Nigeria
Curry de poulet au gingembre et lait de coco (Chicken curry with ginger and coconut milk)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Date and Walnut Loaf      Origin: Britain	Domácí Paštiku (Home-made Liver Pâté)      Origin: Czech
Curry de Poulet aux Bananes Plantain (Chicken and Plantain Curry)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Date Chutney      Origin: India	Dominica Calypso Chicken      Origin: Dominica
Curry Mouan (Chicken Curry)      Origin: Cambodia	Date Loaf      Origin: Britain	Dominica Crab Backs      Origin: Dominica
Curry Trey Ruah (Curried Snapper)      Origin: Cambodia	Dates Alexandrine      Origin: Roman	Dominica Crab Callaloo      Origin: Dominica
Curry Vert avec Poisson, Cuit à Vapeur (Steamed Green Curry with Fish)      Origin: France	Dau Khuon Xao Lan (Curried Tofu Stir-fry)      Origin: Vietnam	Dominica Curried Goat      Origin: Dominica
Curry Vovoka (Malagasy Curry Powder)      Origin: Madagascar	Daube de Banane Plantains (Daube de Banane)      Origin: Seychelles	Dominica Curry Prawns      Origin: Dominica
Custard Pie      Origin: Pitcairn Islands	Daube de Manioc au Lait de Coco (Cassava Stew with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Seychelles	Dominica Jerk Seasoning      Origin: Dominica
Custard-baked Sago Pudding with Meringue Topping      Origin: South Africa	Daylily Flower Lo Mein      Origin: American	Dominican Codfish Sancoche      Origin: Dominica
Cyri Cocos a Dail Gwyrdd (Cockle and Greens Curry)      Origin: Welsh	de Varenne White Sauce      Origin: Britain	Domoda      Origin: Gambia
Cyri Oen Cymreig (Welsh Lamb Curry)      Origin: Welsh	Deadnettle and Chilli Soup      Origin: African Fusion	Domoda II      Origin: Gambia
Cyw Iâr Glan Teifi (Teifiside Chicken)      Origin: Welsh	Deccan Chicken Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Domoda III      Origin: Gambia
D'Uxelles Sauce      Origin: Britain	Decorated Simnel Cake      Origin: Britain	Dongouésde bananes plantain à la morue et lait de coco (Plantain Dongoués with Salt Cod and Coconut Milk)      Origin: Martinique
Dékoudéssi aux Boeuf (Palm Nut Soup with Beef)      Origin: Togo	Deep Fried Coconut King Prawns      Origin: Britain	Doro Wat (Red Chicken Stew)      Origin: Ethiopia
Dékoudéssi aux Poisson Fumé (Palm Soup with Smoked Fish)      Origin: Togo	Deep Fried Sweet Potato Balls      Origin: India	Doubanjiang (Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: Taiwan
Dékoudéssi aux Poulet (Palm Soup with Chicken)      Origin: Togo	Deep-fried Turkey      Origin: Fusion	Doubanjiang (Sichuan Chilli Bean Sauce)      Origin: China
Dabo Kolo (Crunchy Spice Bites)      Origin: Ethiopia	Déguè II      Origin: Senegal	Double Chocolate Loaf Cake      Origin: Britain
Dacquoise      Origin: France	Delebdeb      Origin: Palau	Double Chocolate Muffins      Origin: New Zealand
Dadelbrood (Date Loaf with Caramel Syrup)      Origin: South Africa	Demok (Taro Leaves in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Palau	Double ka Meetha      Origin: India
Dagaa (Dried Fish with Tomatoes)      Origin: Tanzania	Dessert Dulse Oatcakes      Origin: Ireland	Doughboy      Origin: Saint Vincent
Dahinou Saloum      Origin: Senegal	Devilled Almonds      Origin: Britain	Dounguouri Soko (Meat Stew with White Beans)      Origin: Niger
Dakbungalow Curry Powder      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Dhaktyla (Ladies' Fingers)      Origin: Cyprus	Dovga (Pea and Sorrel Soup with Meatballs)      Origin: Azerbaijan
Dakhine      Origin: Senegal	Dhal Dhokla      Origin: India	Dovi (Peanut Butter Stew)      Origin: Zimbabwe
Dakua (Groundnut and Roast Maize Balls)      Origin: Nigeria	Dhallo Black Curry (Cuttlefish Black Curry)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Drepee (Small Birds in Almond Milk)      Origin: England
Dal Makani (Black Dal Curry)      Origin: India	Dhaltjies (Cape Malay Chilli Bites)      Origin: South Africa	Dresdner Stollen      Origin: Germany
Damson and Cobnut Mincemeat      Origin: Britain	Dhansak Masala      Origin: India	Dress-up Dress-down Meatloaf      Origin: Australia
Dan Dan Noodles      Origin: America	Diri Ak Pwa (Haitian Rice and Beans)      Origin: Haiti	Driblws (Turkey Giblets, Chinese Style)      Origin: Welsh
Dan Dan Noodles II      Origin: Fusion	Divinity Nut Candy      Origin: American	Drunken Chili      Origin: American
Dantina Soppu Gashi (Red Amaranth Curry)      Origin: India	Diwali Coconut Chammanthi      Origin: India
Daqoos Spice Blend      Origin: Qatar	Djaratankai      Origin: Mali

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