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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Prosciutto-wrapped Chicken Thigh with Mushroom Marsala Sauce      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin with Nilgiri Sauce      Origin: India	Queki Biscuits      Origin: Panama
Pudina Chutney (Indian Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart with Three-cornered Leeks      Origin: Britain	Quemadmodum Sinapis Facias (How to Make Mustard)      Origin: Roman
Pudina Chutney (Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart      Origin: Britain	Queque de Zanahoria (Chilean Carrot Cake)      Origin: Chile
Pudina tal-Hobz (Maltese Bread Pudding)      Origin: Malta	Punch Coco (Coconut Punch)      Origin: Comoros	Quiche au thon et légumes (Tuna and Vegetable Quiche)      Origin: Saint Pierre
Puerto Rican Tembleque (Quaking Coconut Pudding)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Pur Fayte Ypocras (To Make Hippocras)      Origin: England	Quiche Dent-de-Lion (Swiss Dandelion Quiche)      Origin: Switzerland
Puffball Patties      Origin: Britain	Purée d'Aubergines (Aubergine Purée)      Origin: Rwanda	Quick-as-a-Bunny Easter Egg Nests      Origin: American
Pulë me Arra (Chicken with Walnuts)      Origin: Albania	Purée d'Oseille (Hibiscus Leaf Purée)      Origin: Chad	Quince and Chestnut Crumble Cake      Origin: Britain
Puli Pithe      Origin: India	Puri (Indian Balloon Bread)      Origin: India	Quizaca (Cassava Leaf Stew)      Origin: Angola
Pulled Pork Tacos      Origin: America	Putóg bhán (Irish White Pudding)      Origin: Ireland	Qumbe (Coconut Squares)      Origin: Somalia
Pullum Numidicum (Numidian Guinea Fowl)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Bara (Bread Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Quzi (Iraqi Lamb over Rice)      Origin: Iraq
Pullus Vardanus (Chicken à la Varus)      Origin: Roman	Pwdin Bara Marmalêd (Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Rüeblitorte (Swiss Carrot Cake)      Origin: Switzerland
Pumpes (Pork Meatballs)      Origin: England	Pwdin Bara Menyn (Bread and Butter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Rad Na Moo (Pork with Noodles in Gravy)      Origin: Thailand
Pumpkin and Banana Bread      Origin: England	Pwdin Berw Bara Lawr (Laverbread Suet Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Ragi Rava Ladoo      Origin: India
Pumpkin and Orange Cake with Cashew Cream      Origin: Britain	Pwdin Bricyll Siocled (Chocolate Apricot Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Ragoût aux épinards (Spinach Stew)      Origin: Central African Republic
Pumpkin and Tomato Soup      Origin: West Africa	Pwdin Bricyll Siocled (Chocolate Rhubarb Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Ragoût de Chévre au Riz (Goat Stew with Rice)      Origin: DR-Congo
Pumpkin Bread      Origin: American	Pwdin Briwfwyd (Mincemeat Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Ragu alla Bolognese (Traditional Bolognese Sauce)      Origin: Italy
Pumpkin Brownies      Origin: Britain	Pwdin Eirin Mair Siocled (Chocolate Gooseberry Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Rahat Lokum      Origin: Bosnia
Pumpkin Cake      Origin: Liberia	Pwdin Eirin Melyn Siocled (Chocolate Greengage Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Raj Beef Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: Britain	Pwdin Ffrwythau'r Berllan (Orchard Fruit Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Rangeenak (Persian Date Dessert)      Origin: Iran
Pumpkin Chelsea Buns      Origin: Britain	Pwdin Reis Mam (Mum's Rice Pudding)      Origin: Welsh	Rapa Nui Dumplings      Origin: Easter Island
Pumpkin Croquettes      Origin: Fusion	Pwdin Rhiwbob ac Afal Siocled      Origin: Welsh	Rapeseed and Peanut Butter Cupcakes      Origin: British
Pumpkin Crunch      Origin: American	Pyi-gi Nga Kazun Ywet (Squid and Dandelions)      Origin: Myanmar	Raro Tarati Salad      Origin: Cook Islands
Pumpkin Fudge      Origin: American	Pynnonade (A Dish of Pine Nuts)      Origin: England	Ras el hanout      Origin: North Africa
Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American	Qabooli Rice      Origin: Oman	Ras Malai      Origin: India
Pumpkin Muffins      Origin: American	Qatar Baharat Spice Blend      Origin: Qatar	Rasabali      Origin: India
Pumpkin Nutmeg Dinner Rolls      Origin: American	Qatari Sago Pudding      Origin: Qatar	Rasam      Origin: Southern India
Pumpkin Pie Bars      Origin: American	Quaking Pudding      Origin: Britain	Rasmalai      Origin: India
Pumpkin Pie Blintzes      Origin: American	Quamar-el-Deen Dessert (Dried Apricot Leather Dessert)      Origin: Bahrain	Raspberry and White Chocolate Tray Bake      Origin: Britain
Pumpkin Pie Crumble      Origin: Britain	Quarktorte mit Agar-agar (No-bake Quark Cheesecake with Agar-agar)      Origin: Switzerland	Raspberry Jam Shortbreads      Origin: Britain
Pumpkin Pie Spice      Origin: American	Quatre Epices      Origin: France	Ratafia Biscuits      Origin: Scotland
Pumpkin Pilhi      Origin: Pitcairn Islands	Qubbajt (Maltese Nougat)      Origin: Malta	Ravitoto sy Voanjo (Cassava Leaves with Peanuts)      Origin: Madagascar
Pumpkin Pizza      Origin: American	Queen of Oude Sauce      Origin: Britain	Raw Peanut Rougail      Origin: Madagascar
Pumpkin Skin Chutney      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Queijada de Coco (Baked Coconut Custard)      Origin: Cape Verde
Pumpkin Spice Cookies      Origin: American	Queijadinhas Crioulas (Creole Cheesecakes)      Origin: Cape Verde

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