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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Potsticker Dumplings      Origin: China	Prawn Biryani      Origin: India	Pumpkin Bread      Origin: American
Potted Anchovies      Origin: British	Prawn Caldine      Origin: India	Pumpkin Brownies      Origin: Britain
Potted Morecambe Bay Shrimps      Origin: England	Prawn Laksa      Origin: Malaysia	Pumpkin Cake      Origin: Liberia
Potted Woodlice      Origin: Britain	Prawn Laksa      Origin: Cocos Islands	Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: Britain
Poulet à l'Arachide (Chicken with Peanuts)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Prawn Pasanda      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Chelsea Buns      Origin: Britain
Poulet à L'Indienne (Comoran Chicken Curry)      Origin: Comoros	Prawn Powder      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Pumpkin Croquettes      Origin: Fusion
Poulet à la Farine de Maïs (Chicken with Maize Meal Porridge)      Origin: Togo	Prawn, Mangetout and Cashew Nut Stir-fry      Origin: Australia	Pumpkin Crunch      Origin: American
Poulet à la N'Gatietro (Chicken in the Manner of N'Gatietro)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Preiselbeere Sahnetorte (Cowberry Cream Cake)      Origin: Germany	Pumpkin Dumplings      Origin: American
Poulet à la Noix de Coco et aux Arachides (Chicken with Coconut and Peanuts)      Origin: Gabon	Pressure Cooker Chicken Korma      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Fudge      Origin: American
Poulet au Beurre de Cacahuète (Chicken with Peanut Butter)      Origin: Senegal	Pressure Cooker Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake      Origin: American	Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American
Poulet au Coco (Chicken with Coconut)      Origin: Comoros	Pressure Cooker Coconut Lamb Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Muffins      Origin: American
Poulet au Coco Antillaise (Martinican coconut chicken)      Origin: Martinique	Pressure Cooker Curried Beef Stew      Origin: South Africa	Pumpkin Nutmeg Dinner Rolls      Origin: American
Poulet aux Arachides à la Togolaise (Chicken with Peanuts, Togo Fashion)      Origin: Togo	Pressure Cooker Curried Squash      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Pie Bars      Origin: American
Poulet aux Arachides de Niger (Chicken with Peanuts, Niger Style)      Origin: Niger	Pressure Cooker Massaman Beef Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Pie Blintzes      Origin: American
Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Cameroon	Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: American	Pumpkin Pie Crumble      Origin: Britain
Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Madagascar	Pressure Cooker Thai Red Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Pie Spice      Origin: American
Poulet aux Maniocs (Chicken with Cassava)      Origin: DR-Congo	Pressure Cooker Vegetable and Coconut Curry      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Pilhi      Origin: Pitcairn Islands
Poulet Bami Calédonien (New Caledonian Chicken Bami)      Origin: New Caledonia	Prik Gaeng Panang (Panang Red Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand	Pumpkin Pizza      Origin: American
Poulet Colombo      Origin: French Guiana	Prosciutto-wrapped Chicken Thigh with Mushroom Marsala Sauce      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Skin Chutney      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Poulet Créole (Creole Chicken)      Origin: Mauritius	Pudina Chutney (Indian Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin Spice Cookies      Origin: American
Poulet de Comores (Comorian Chicken)      Origin: Comoros	Pudina Chutney (Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin with Nilgiri Sauce      Origin: India
Poulet de Guinée (Guinean Chicken)      Origin: Guinea	Pudina tal-Hobz (Maltese Bread Pudding)      Origin: Malta	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart with Three-cornered Leeks      Origin: Britain
Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tahiti	Puding Torta (Pudding Cake)      Origin: North Macedonia	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart      Origin: Britain
Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	Puerto Rican Tembleque (Quaking Coconut Pudding)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Punch Coco (Coconut Punch)      Origin: Comoros
Poulet Kédjénou (Kédjénou Chicken)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Puffball Patties      Origin: Britain	Pur Fayte Ypocras (To Make Hippocras)      Origin: England
Poulet Nyembwe      Origin: Gabon	Pulë me Arra (Chicken with Walnuts)      Origin: Albania	Purée d'Aubergines (Aubergine Purée)      Origin: Rwanda
Poulet Tunisienne (Tunisian Chicken)      Origin: Tunisia	Puli Pithe      Origin: India	Purée d'Oseille (Hibiscus Leaf Purée)      Origin: Chad
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Gambia	Pulled Pork Tacos      Origin: America	Pure Chocolate Smoothie      Origin: American
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Pullum Numidicum (Numidian Guinea Fowl)      Origin: Roman	Puri (Indian Balloon Bread)      Origin: India
Poulet Yassa Malienne (Malian Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Mali	Pullus Vardanus (Chicken à la Varus)      Origin: Roman	Putóg bhán (Irish White Pudding)      Origin: Ireland
Poullaille farcie (Stuffed Poultry)      Origin: France	Pumpes (Pork Meatballs)      Origin: England	Pwdin Bara (Bread Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Pourcelet farci (Stuffed Suckling Pig)      Origin: France	Pumpkin and Banana Bread      Origin: England	Pwdin Bara Marmalêd (Marmalade Bread and Butter Pudding)      Origin: Welsh
Po’e de Plátanos (Rapa Nui Banana Po'e)      Origin: Easter Island	Pumpkin and Orange Cake with Cashew Cream      Origin: Britain
Prawn Balti      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin and Tomato Soup      Origin: West Africa

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