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 3695 recipes in total:

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Lentil and Hazelnut Burgers      Origin: British	Lu Pulu (Corned Beef and Onion in Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tonga	mafè tatou nènn (Naked Peanut Stew)      Origin: Mali
Lentil Curry with Japanese Knotweed and Sweet Potatoes      Origin: Fusion	Lucaniae (Lucanian Sausages)      Origin: Roman	Maffé de Tabaski (Maffé for Tabaski)      Origin: Cote dIvoire
Lentil Curry with Rhubarb and Sweet Potatoes      Origin: Fusion	Lumbuli assi ita fiunt (Stuffed Kidneys or Testicles)      Origin: Roman	Maffe aux Legumes Arachide (Beef or Lamb in Peanut Butter)      Origin: Senegal
Lentil Hashwa      Origin: UAE	Lupulu (Coconut Cream and Onion in Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tonga	Magaj      Origin: India
Leporem Farsum (Stuffed Hare)      Origin: Roman	Lychee Spice Smoothie      Origin: American	Magimbi ya nadzi (Taro in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Mayotte
Leporem Farsum (Stuffed Hare)      Origin: Roman	M'Baazi      Origin: Kenya	Maharagwe (Spiced Red Beans in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Kenya
Leporem Isiciatum (Hare Forcemeat)      Origin: Roman	M'Chuzi wa Nyama (Zanzibar-style Beef Curry)      Origin: Britain	Maharashtrian Masala Bhat (Spicy Maharashtrian Rice)      Origin: India
Leshes fryed in Lenton (Fried Cakes for Lent)      Origin: England	Môr-leisiad wedi Potsio gyda Nionyn, Cennin a Ffenigl (Poached Pollack with Onion, Leek and Fennel)      Origin: Welsh	Mahi Shekam Por (Persian Stuffed Fish)      Origin: Iran
Lièvre fumé à l'odika (Smoked Rabbit with Ogbono)      Origin: Gabon	M'borokhé (Peanut Sauce with Spinach)      Origin: Mali	Maidd ac Ŵy (Egg Whey)      Origin: Welsh
Liberian Cassava Bread      Origin: Liberia	M'tsolola (Fish and Plantain stew in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Comoros	Maidd ac Ŵy Hwyaden (Duck Egg Whey)      Origin: Welsh
Liberian Cornbread      Origin: Liberia	Ma'amool B'jowz (Easter Walnut Biscuits)      Origin: Lebanon	Maids of Honour      Origin: England
Liberian Rice Bread      Origin: Liberia	Maafé      Origin: Mali	Maids of Honour Tarts      Origin: Britain
Liberian Rice Bread II      Origin: Liberia	Maafe (Meat Peanut Stew)      Origin: Mali	Maidstone Biscuits      Origin: England
Liberian Shortbread      Origin: Liberia	Maandazi (Swahili Doughnuts)      Origin: Tanzania	Majarete (Dominican Corn Pudding)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Liberian Sour Milk      Origin: Liberia	Macadamia Nut and Toffee Tart      Origin: Australia	Makarara (Orange and Vanillla Comorian Sweet Cake)      Origin: Comoros
Libyan Camel Meatballs      Origin: Libya	Macadamia Nut Cheesecake      Origin: American	Make-ahead Mulled Wine Cake      Origin: Britain
Lime Pickle      Origin: India	Macadamia Nut Pie      Origin: Marshall Islands	Makhan Murgh Wala (Butter Chicken)      Origin: India
Lincolnshire Haslet      Origin: England	Macadamia Tart      Origin: Australia	Makhni Curry Sauce      Origin: India
Linden Fruit Coffee      Origin: American	Macanese Choy Sum      Origin: Macau	Makubi      Origin: Tanzania
Linzer Torte      Origin: Germany	Macanese-style Portuguese Curry Chicken      Origin: Macau	Mal Pua (Coconut Pancakes)      Origin: India
Llwynau Cig Oen Rhost (Roast Saddle of Welsh Lamb)      Origin: Welsh	Macaroon-topped Mince Pies      Origin: British	Malabar Chicken Biryani      Origin: India
Llysiau Pob (Roast Vegetables)      Origin: Welsh	Macaroons      Origin: Britain	Malabar Peralan (Malabar Fish Roast)      Origin: India
Lobio Supi (Red Bean Soup)      Origin: Georgia	Macau-style Portuguese Curry Chickeno (Macau-style Portuguese Curry Chicken)      Origin: Portugal	Malagasy Coconut and Vanilla Rice      Origin: Madagascar
Lobster Croquets      Origin: British	Machali aur Daal (Fish and Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Malagasy Vanilla Chicken Curry      Origin: Madagascar
Locro Argentino (Beef and Hominy Stew)      Origin: Argentina	Mackerel Run Down      Origin: Jamaica	Malai Curry Sauce      Origin: India
Locro de Zapallo      Origin: Peru	Mackerel with currant sauce and radicchio      Origin: Britain	Malai Kofta with Spicy Gravy      Origin: India
Lomo de Cerdo Relleno (Stuffed Pork Loin)      Origin: Spain	Mada (Green Banana Dumplings)      Origin: Norfolk Island	Malay Chicken Curry with White Pumpkin      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Longan Tong Sui (Snow Fungus Dessert Soup)      Origin: China	Madaba (Cassava Leaf and Coconut Stew)      Origin: British	Malay Chicken Kurma      Origin: Malaysia
Lonumirus (Maldives Chilli Sambal)      Origin: Maldives	Madeira Loaf Cake      Origin: Britain	Malaysian Beriani      Origin: Malaysia
Lorne Sausage      Origin: Scotland	Madungo Bakes      Origin: Saint Vincent	Malaysian Chicken Curry      Origin: Malaysia
Loseyns in Fysch Day (Lozenge Cakes for Fish Day)      Origin: England	Mafé      Origin: Senegal	Malaysian Chicken Curry      Origin: Malaysia
Loubia bil Luz (Green Beans with Almonds)      Origin: Algeria	Mafé Malienne (Malian Mafé)      Origin: Mali	Malaysian Chicken Curry      Origin: Cocos Islands
Lū (Baked Taro Leaf Parcels)      Origin: Tonga	Mafé Poulet (Chicken Mafé)      Origin: Senegal
Lū (Baked Taro Leaf Parcels)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	Mafa (Breadfruit Pudding)      Origin: Marshall Islands

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