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 3598 recipes in total:

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Thai Green Curry of Prawn and Fish      Origin: Thailand	Tiga Dégué au Poisson Fumé (Smoked Fish in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Mali	Tofu Katsu Curry      Origin: Fusion
Thai Green Curry Paste      Origin: Thailand	Tigadeguena (Chicken in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Mali	Tofu Laver and Leek Croquettes      Origin: Ireland
Thai Green Curry with Chicken of the Woods      Origin: Britain	Tiger Nut Flour      Origin: African Fusion	Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria
Thai Hake Bites      Origin: South Africa	Tiger Nut Snacks      Origin: Nigeria	Tomato and Peanut Relish      Origin: Zambia
Thai Mango Fish Curry      Origin: Thailand	Tiger-Nut Juice      Origin: Ghana	Tombrown      Origin: Cameroon
Thai Peanut Coconut Curry with Pheasant and Squash      Origin: Fusion	Tiguadege Na      Origin: Mali	Tongabezi Chicken Curry      Origin: Zambia
Thai Peanut Sauce      Origin: Fusion	Tikka Masala      Origin: India	Tongan Taro Fritters      Origin: Tonga
Thai Red Curry Duck      Origin: Thailand	Tikka Masala Curry Powder      Origin: India	Topfenkuchen (Pot Cakes)      Origin: Germany
Thai Red Jackfruit Curry      Origin: Fusion	Tikvenik (Pumpkin-filled Filo Pastry)      Origin: Bulgaria	Torta di Castagne e Choccolato (Chocolate and Chestnut Torte)      Origin: Italy
Thai Yellow Curry Paste      Origin: Thailand	Timbales Milanaise (Milanese Timbales)      Origin: Britain	Torta Galesa (Teisen Gymreig)      Origin: Welsh
Thai-style Chicken Skewers      Origin: Fusion	Tipsy Laird      Origin: Scotland	Torta Navideña (Christmas Cake)      Origin: Ecuador
Thai-style Curry Powder      Origin: Thailand	Tiramisù #2      Origin: Italy	Torta Negra Galesa (Welsh Black Cake)      Origin: Welsh (Patagonia)
Thai-style Nettle and Oyster Mushroom Curry      Origin: Britain	Tirk doung (Tom Yam Goong 1)      Origin: Cambodia	Torta Plava zaguna (Blue Lagoon Cake)      Origin: Slovenia
Thai-style Pollack Curry      Origin: Fusion	Tirk Trey Chu P'em (Sweet Fish Sauce)      Origin: Cambodia	Tortas de Aceite (Sesame Seed and Aniseed Biscuits)      Origin: Spain
Thai-style Red Curry of Beef, Bamboo and Apple      Origin: Asian Fusion	To bake an Olyve-Pye      Origin: Britain	Tortellini di Natale (Christmas Tortellini)      Origin: Italy
Thai-style Red Rock Salmon Curry      Origin: Britain	To Fricasey White Meat      Origin: British	Torth Fraith (Mottled Bread)      Origin: Welsh
Thai-style Red Seafood Curry      Origin: Fusion	To make a boiled rice pudding      Origin: Britain	Torth Frith Llandudno (Llandudno Fruit Cake)      Origin: Welsh
Thai-style Turkey Leftovers Curry      Origin: Fusion	To make a florentine of veal      Origin: British	Tortilla de Calabaza (Egusi Seed Omelette)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
The Author's Christmas Pudding      Origin: Britain	To Make a Marchpane      Origin: British	Toto-kena Misy Anana sy Voanjo (Greens with Peanuts and Minced Beef)      Origin: Madagascar
The Printer's Pudding      Origin: Britain	To make a quaking pudding      Origin: Britain	Tourment d'Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Guadeloupe
The Publisher's Pudding      Origin: Britain	To make almond cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Tourment d'Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Saint Barthelemy
The Ultimate Chilli Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras      Origin: Britain	Tourta de Blea (Chard Pie)      Origin: Monaco
The Ultimate Roast Turkey      Origin: Britain	To Make Cheeſe-cakes      Origin: England	Tourtes parmeriennes (Parmesan Pies)      Origin: France
Thengai Chammanthi (Kerala Coconut Chammanthi)      Origin: India	To make cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Towering Praline Carrot Cake      Origin: American
Thiéré Bassi (Millet Couscous Stew)      Origin: Senegal	To make drie Gingerbread      Origin: British	Traditional Black Bun      Origin: Scotland
Thiacry      Origin: Senegal	To make jumballs      Origin: British	Traditional Brandy Butter Sauce      Origin: Britain
Thiakry      Origin: Guinea	To make mackeroons      Origin: Britain	Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: Britain
Thiéré ak Mboum (Couscous with Moringa Sauce)      Origin: Senegal	To make mince pies the best way      Origin: Britain	Traditional Historic Bobotie      Origin: South Africa
Thoran      Origin: India	To make Pancakes.      Origin: England	Traditional Jerk Pork      Origin: Jamaica
Three-cornered Leek Pesto      Origin: Britain	To Make White Fricasey      Origin: British	Traditional Mattar Keema Curry      Origin: India
Three-cornered Leek Pesto      Origin: Britain	To Sowce a Pigge (Collar of Brawn)      Origin: England	Traditional Mincemeat      Origin: Britain
Thukaree Riha (Maldives Vegetable Curry)      Origin: Maldives	Tobago Curry Conch with Dumplings      Origin: Trinidad	Traditional Thai Jungle Curry      Origin: Thailand
Thyme-scented Lamb with Almond Skordalia      Origin: Australia	Tobago Curry Crab and Dumplings      Origin: India
Tiga Dégué (Beef in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Mali	Toffee Apple Slices      Origin: China

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