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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To make a florentine of veal      Origin: British	Tourtes parmeriennes (Parmesan Pies)      Origin: France	Turks and Caicos Curry Powder      Origin: Turks Caicos
To Make a Marchpane      Origin: British	Towering Praline Carrot Cake      Origin: American	Turks and Caicos Jerk Seasoning Paste      Origin: Turks Caicos
To make a quaking pudding      Origin: Britain	Traditional Black Bun      Origin: Scotland	Turks and Dry Jerk Seasoning Blend      Origin: Turks Caicos
To make almond cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Traditional Brandy Butter Sauce      Origin: Britain	Turnip Puff      Origin: American
To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras      Origin: Britain	Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: Britain	Turrón de Alicante (Alicante Nougat)      Origin: Spain
To Make Cheeſe-cakes      Origin: England	Traditional Historic Bobotie      Origin: South Africa	Turron de Jijona (Jijona Nougat)      Origin: Spain
To make cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Traditional Jerk Pork      Origin: Jamaica	Tutu (Cornmeal Porridge with Black-eyed Peas)      Origin: Aruba
To make drie Gingerbread      Origin: British	Traditional Mattar Keema Curry      Origin: India	Tutu      Origin: Bonaire
To make jumballs      Origin: British	Traditional Mincemeat      Origin: Britain	Tutu      Origin: Curacao
To make mackeroons      Origin: Britain	Traditional Thai Jungle Curry      Origin: Thailand	Twelfth-night Cake      Origin: Britain
To make mince pies the best way      Origin: Britain	Traou Mad (Breton Macaroons)      Origin: France	Twenty-five Centimetre Pumpkin Pie      Origin: American
To make Pancakes.      Origin: England	Traybake Keralan Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Tyropatinam (Baked Custard)      Origin: Roman
To Sowce a Pigge (Collar of Brawn)      Origin: England	Tricolour Pilau Rice      Origin: India	Udang Masak Lemak Nenas (Pineapple Prawn Curry)      Origin: Malaysia
Tobago Curry Conch with Dumplings      Origin: Trinidad	Trifle to Die For      Origin: England	Ukkarai      Origin: India
Toffee Apple Slices      Origin: China	Trini Coconut Sweet Bread      Origin: Trinidad	Uli Petataws (Sweet Potato Fritters)      Origin: Indonesia
Tofu Katsu Curry      Origin: Fusion	Trini Sugar Cake      Origin: Trinidad	Um Ali (Puff Pastry Milk Pudding)      Origin: Kuwait
Tofu Laver and Leek Croquettes      Origin: Ireland	Trinidad Paime      Origin: Trinidad	Unakkameen Thenga Chammanthy (Dry Fish Chutney)      Origin: India
Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria	Trinidadian Black Cake      Origin: Trinidad	Untú de Peixe (Deep-fried Fish Balls)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Tomato and Peanut Relish      Origin: Zambia	Trinidadian Curried Goat      Origin: Trinidad	Urap (Steamed Vegetables with Coconut)      Origin: Brunei
Tongabezi Chicken Curry      Origin: Zambia	Triopita (Greek Cheese Pie)      Origin: Greece	Urunda (Sweet Coconut Balls)      Origin: Sri Lanka
Topfenkuchen (Pot Cakes)      Origin: Germany	Tsebhi Shiro (Spicy Peanuts)      Origin: Eritrea	Ut Uncia Laseris Toto Tempore Utaris (How you Can Always Have Laser for Use)      Origin: Roman
Torta di Castagne e Choccolato (Chocolate and Chestnut Torte)      Origin: Italy	Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)      Origin: Greece	V'sachy (Pumpkin Leaf Stew)      Origin: Zambia
Torta Galesa (Teisen Gymreig)      Origin: Welsh	Tuna with Safran and Coconut Milk (Tuna with Cumin and Coconut Milk)      Origin: Seychelles	Végétarien Kansiyé (Vegetarian Kansiyé)      Origin: Guinea
Torta Navideña (Christmas Cake)      Origin: Ecuador	Tunisian Vegetable Couscous      Origin: Tunisia	Vínarterta (Icelandic Layer Cake)      Origin: Iceland
Torta Plava zaguna (Blue Lagoon Cake)      Origin: Slovenia	Turbot in Kerala Red Curry Sauce      Origin: India	Vadouvan Chicken Curry      Origin: France
Tortas de Aceite (Sesame Seed and Aniseed Biscuits)      Origin: Spain	Turkey Leftovers Hotpot      Origin: Britain	Vadouvan Curry Powder      Origin: France
Tortellini di Natale (Christmas Tortellini)      Origin: Italy	Turkey Rendang      Origin: Fusion	Vakalolo      Origin: Fiji
Torth Fraith (Mottled Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Turkey, Squash and Cranberry Ravioli      Origin: Britain	Valentine Flower Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette      Origin: Britain
Torth Frith Llandudno (Llandudno Fruit Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Turkish Baharat      Origin: Turkey	Valentine's Day Chocolate Cheesecake      Origin: American
Tortilla de Calabaza (Egusi Seed Omelette)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Turkish Delight      Origin: Turkey	Varo      Origin: India
Toto-kena Misy Anana sy Voanjo (Greens with Peanuts and Minced Beef)      Origin: Madagascar	Turks and Caicos Bammy      Origin: Turks Caicos	Varutharacha Kozhi Curry (Varutharacha Chicken Curry)      Origin: India
Tourment d’Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Turks and Caicos Boil Fish and Grits      Origin: Turks Caicos	Vary sy laoka malagasy (Malagasy Prawn Curry with Vanilla Rice)      Origin: Madagascar
Tourment d’Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Saint Barthelemy	Turks and Caicos Coconut Chicken Curry      Origin: Turks Caicos
Tourta de Blea (Chard Pie)      Origin: Monaco	Turks and Caicos Coconut Pie      Origin: Turks Caicos

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