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 4197 recipes in total:

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Banana Coconut Muffins (Banana Coconut Muffins)      Origin: American	Barfi badam (Almond Cream Sweetmeats)      Origin: India	Beef in Bitter      Origin: Britain
Banana Ice Cream      Origin: Britain	Barley Gruel      Origin: England	Beef Koftas with Fruity Couscous      Origin: Morocco
Banana Ketchup      Origin: Jamaica	Barokhé (Beef and Fish with Cassava Leaves)      Origin: Mali	Beef Noodles with Oyster Sauce      Origin: China
Banana Lassi      Origin: India	Baru Fida (Spinach Sauce with Peanuts and Beef Shank)      Origin: Guinea	Beef Rendang      Origin: Indonesia
Banana leaf mackerel      Origin: Sri Lanka	Barzak Shortbreads (Black and White Sesame and Pistachio Biscuits)      Origin: Fusion	Beef Stock      Origin: Britain
Banana Muffins      Origin: Britain	Basanti Pulao (Bengali Pilau Rice)      Origin: India	Beef with Calabash Nutmegs      Origin: Nigeria
Banana Peel and Black-eyed Bean Stew      Origin: Tanzania	Basbousa      Origin: India	Beetroot Halwa      Origin: India
Banana Pineapple Bread      Origin: Nauru	Baseema      Origin: Sudan-a	Beetroot Sabzi (Beetroot Curry)      Origin: India
Banana Pineapple Bread      Origin: Hawaii	Basic Bonnag      Origin: Manx	Beetroot-stuffed Parathas      Origin: India
Banana Porridge      Origin: Jamaica	Basic Dhokla (Basic Steamed Rice and Dhal Cake)      Origin: India	Beigli      Origin: Hungary
Banana-nut Quick Mix Muffins      Origin: American	Basic Irish Sausages      Origin: Ireland	Beignets de Banane au Lait de Coco (Banana Fritters with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Togo
Bananas with Split Green Peas      Origin: Rwanda	Basic Mead Brewing      Origin: Britain	Beignets Dougoub (Puffed Millet Doughnuts)      Origin: Senegal
Banane au Caramel (Caramel Bananas)      Origin: Senegal	Basil Pesto      Origin: Britain	Beijino (Coconut Kisses)      Origin: Brazil
Banankou Fida (Sokossoko with Kidneys)      Origin: Guinea	Basler Leckerli (Basel Biscuits)      Origin: Switzerland	Beju (Coconut and Cassava Biscuits)      Origin: Nigeria
Banbury Tarts      Origin: Britain	Bassi (Malian Couscous)      Origin: Mali	Belgian Mashed Potatoes      Origin: Belgium
Banda (Smoked fish in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Chad	Basundi (Thickened Milk Dessert)      Origin: India	Belizean Bread Pudding      Origin: Belize
Bangaou      Origin: Chad	Basyniai (Walnut and Fig Cakes)      Origin: Roman	Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize
Bangude Ghassi (Bunt-style Spicy Mangalorean Curry)      Origin: India	Batak Raichat (Duck Raichat)      Origin: India	Bengali Hot Dry Meat Curry      Origin: India
Bánh đa kê (Sweet Stuffed Rice Crackers)      Origin: Vietnam	Battenberg      Origin: Britain	Bengali-style Mango Chutney      Origin: India
Banoffee Pie      Origin: Britain	Bayerische Schweinekotletts (Bavarian Pork Chops)      Origin: Germany	Beninese Beef Stew      Origin: Benin
Bara Brith      Origin: Welsh	Bean and Almond Salad      Origin: South Africa	Beninese Goat Stew      Origin: Benin
Bara Brith Aberteifi (Aberteifi Currant Loaf)      Origin: Welsh	Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Berbere Sauce      Origin: Djibouti
Bara Brith Hydref (Autumnal Bara Brith)      Origin: Welsh	Bebotok Sapi (Indonesian Meatloaf)      Origin: Indonesia	Berenjena con Queso al Horno (Aubergine with Almonds and Cheese)      Origin: Spain
Bara Brith Y Bala (Bala Currant Loaf)      Origin: Welsh	Bedam ki Burfi (Almond Toffee)      Origin: India	Bergamot, Basil and Almond Pesto      Origin: Fusion
Bara Carwe Ynys Môn (Anglesea Caraway Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Beech Mast Oil      Origin: Britain	Beriani      Origin: Brunei
Bara Cnau Pecan a Llugaeron (Pecan Nut and Cranberry Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Beech Nut Muffins      Origin: Britain	Bermuda Chicken Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Barbadian Plain Cake      Origin: Barbados	Beech-nut Flour      Origin: Britain	Bermuda Rockfish Coconut Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Barbecued Baked Apples      Origin: American	Beef and Coconut Cream Curry      Origin: Fusion	Bermuda Rockfish with Bananas and Rum Sauce      Origin: Bermuda
Barbecued Baked Apples      Origin: Britain	Beef and Mushrooms in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Central African Republic	Bermudan Plantain Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Barbecued Bananas      Origin: American	Beef and Pistachio Terrine      Origin: Britain	Besan Ladoo      Origin: India
Barbecued Plum and Nut Stuffed Pork Chops      Origin: British	Beef Cameroon      Origin: Cameroon	Besan Ladoo      Origin: India
Barbecued Stuffed Tomatoes      Origin: Britain	Beef Chop Suey      Origin: China	Betas et Polypodiae (Beetroot and Polypody Root)      Origin: Roman
Barbel      Origin: British	Beef Curry with Sweet Potato Noodles      Origin: Fusion
Barbudan Coconut Tart      Origin: Antigua	Beef Curry with Taro      Origin: Vanuatu

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