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 3559 recipes in total:

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Lamb Rogan Josh      Origin: Britain	Leftovers Turkey Curry      Origin: America	Longan Tong Sui (Snow Fungus Dessert Soup)      Origin: China
Lamb shish with olive and walnut tahini      Origin: Britain	Lemon Chilli Chicken      Origin: Cocos Islands	Lonumirus (Maldives Chilli Sambal)      Origin: Maldives
Lamb Stew with Chestnuts and Pomegranates      Origin: Georgia	Lemon Myrtle Coconut Rice      Origin: Fusion	Loseyns in Fysch Day (Lozenge Cakes for Fish Day)      Origin: England
Lamb Tagine Pie      Origin: Fusion	Lemon Nut Loaf      Origin: New Zealand	Loubia bil Luz (Green Beans with Almonds)      Origin: Algeria
Lamb Tarkari (Lamb Yoghurt Curry)      Origin: Nepal	Lemon Pepper Sea Bass      Origin: Fusion	Lū (Baked Taro Leaf Parcels)      Origin: Tonga
Lamb's Lettuce Pesto      Origin: Britain	Lemongrass Curry      Origin: Cambodia	Lū (Baked Taro Leaf Parcels)      Origin: Wallis Futuna
Lammfärsfyllda squashbåtar (Lamb-stuffed Squash Boats)      Origin: Sweden	Lenticulam de castaneis (Lentils and Chestnuts)      Origin: Roman	Lu Pulu (Corned Beef and Onion in Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tonga
Lampara Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Lentil and Hazelnut Burgers      Origin: British	Lucaniae (Lucanian Sausages)      Origin: Roman
Lao Tam Som (Lao Green Papaya Salad)      Origin: Laos	Lentil Curry with Japanese Knotweed and Sweet Potatoes      Origin: Fusion	Lumbuli assi ita fiunt (Stuffed Kidneys or Testicles)      Origin: Roman
Laplap      Origin: Vanuatu	Lentil Curry with Rhubarb and Sweet Potatoes      Origin: Fusion	Lupulu (Coconut Cream and Onion in Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tonga
Laska      Origin: Malaysia	Lentil Hashwa      Origin: UAE	Lychee Spice Smoothie      Origin: American
Last-minute Mincemeat Christmas Cake      Origin: Britain	Leporem Farsum (Stuffed Hare)      Origin: Roman	M'Baazi      Origin: Kenya
Lauki Kofta Curry (Bottle Gourd Kofta Curry)      Origin: India	Leporem Farsum (Stuffed Hare)      Origin: Roman	M'Chuzi wa Nyama (Zanzibar-style Beef Curry)      Origin: Britain
Launceston Cake      Origin: Britain	Leporem Isiciatum (Hare Forcemeat)      Origin: Roman	Môr-leisiad wedi Potsio gyda Nionyn, Cennin a Ffenigl (Poached Pollack with Onion, Leek and Fennel)      Origin: Welsh
Lawves (Walnut Fudge)      Origin: Uzbekistan	Leshes fryed in Lenton (Fried Cakes for Lent)      Origin: England	M'borokhé (Peanut Sauce with Spinach)      Origin: Mali
Layer Cake      Origin: British	Lièvre fumé à l'odika (Smoked Rabbit with Ogbono)      Origin: Gabon	M'tsolola (Fish and Plantain stew in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Comoros
Layered Trifle Loaf      Origin: Britain	Liberian Cassava Bread      Origin: Liberia	Maafé      Origin: Mali
Le Chao Men (New Caledonian Chaw Mein)      Origin: New Caledonia	Liberian Cornbread      Origin: Liberia	Maafe (Meat Peanut Stew)      Origin: Mali
Le Galapian      Origin: Monaco	Liberian Rice Bread      Origin: Liberia	Maandazi (Swahili Doughnuts)      Origin: Tanzania
Le gâteau nantais (Nantes cake)      Origin: France	Liberian Rice Bread II      Origin: Liberia	Macadamia Nut and Toffee Tart      Origin: Australia
Le Me Tsolola      Origin: Comoros	Liberian Shortbread      Origin: Liberia	Macadamia Nut Cheesecake      Origin: American
Le molleux au chocolat (Chocolate Fudge Cake)      Origin: France	Liberian Sour Milk      Origin: Liberia	Macadamia Nut Pie      Origin: Marshall Islands
Le Ndolé Camerounais (Cameroonian Ndolé)      Origin: Cameroon	Libyan Camel Meatballs      Origin: Libya	Macadamia Tart      Origin: Australia
Le Vitréais, le gâteau aux pommes de Vitré (Vitré Apple Cake)      Origin: France	Lime Pickle      Origin: India	Macanese Choy Sum      Origin: Macau
Lebanese Sabaa Baharat      Origin: Lebanon	Lincolnshire Haslet      Origin: England	Macanese-style Portuguese Curry Chicken      Origin: Macau
Lebanese-style Braaied Fruit Salad      Origin: South Africa	Linden Fruit Coffee      Origin: American	Macaroon-topped Mince Pies      Origin: British
Leber Knödelsuppe (Liver Dumpling Soup)      Origin: Liechtenstein	Linzer Torte      Origin: Germany	Macaroons      Origin: Britain
Leche Frys in Lentoun (Almond Milk Fruit Pie)      Origin: England	Llwynau Cig Oen Rhost (Roast Saddle of Welsh Lamb)      Origin: Welsh	Macau-style Portuguese Curry Chickeno (Macau-style Portuguese Curry Chicken)      Origin: Portugal
Leche Lumbard (Lombardy Cream)      Origin: England	Llysiau Pob (Roast Vegetables)      Origin: Welsh	Machali aur Daal (Fish and Lentil Curry)      Origin: India
Leftover Porridge Muffins      Origin: Scotland	Lobio Supi (Red Bean Soup)      Origin: Georgia	Mackerel Run Down      Origin: Jamaica
Leftover Turkey and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Fusion	Lobster Croquets      Origin: British	Mackerel with currant sauce and radicchio      Origin: Britain
Leftover Turkey Fricassee      Origin: Scotland	Locro Argentino (Beef and Hominy Stew)      Origin: Argentina	Mada (Green Banana Dumplings)      Origin: Norfolk Island
Leftovers Butter Turkey      Origin: Britain	Locro de Zapallo      Origin: Peru
Leftovers Stir-fry with Green Papaya      Origin: American	Lomo de Cerdo Relleno (Stuffed Pork Loin)      Origin: Spain

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