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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Tikvenik (Pumpkin-filled Filo Pastry)      Origin: Bulgaria	Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria	Traditional Historic Bobotie      Origin: South Africa
Tilapia au Four (Baked Tilapia)      Origin: Chad	Tom Brown Porridge      Origin: Ghana	Traditional Jerk Pork      Origin: Jamaica
Timbales Milanaise (Milanese Timbales)      Origin: Britain	Tomato and Almond Soup      Origin: British	Traditional Mattar Keema Curry      Origin: India
Tiopu Kuru (Breadfruit Stew)      Origin: Cook Islands	Tomato and Peanut Relish      Origin: Zambia	Traditional Mincemeat      Origin: Britain
Tipsy Laird      Origin: Scotland	Tombrown      Origin: Cameroon	Traditional Thai Jungle Curry      Origin: Thailand
Tiramisù #2      Origin: Italy	Tongabezi Chicken Curry      Origin: Zambia	Tranches d'arbre à pain frites (Fried Breadfruit Slices)      Origin: Wallis Futuna
Tirk doung (Tom Yam Goong 1)      Origin: Cambodia	Tongan Taro Fritters      Origin: Tonga	Traou Mad (Breton Macaroons)      Origin: France
Tirk Trey Chu P'em (Sweet Fish Sauce)      Origin: Cambodia	Topfenkuchen (Pot Cakes)      Origin: Germany	Traybake Keralan Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion
To bake an Olyve-Pye      Origin: Britain	Topoi      Origin: Rotuma	Tricolour Pilau Rice      Origin: India
To Fricasey White Meat      Origin: Britain	Torrejas Salvadoreñas      Origin: El Salvador	Trieste Style Štruklji      Origin: Slovenia
To make a boiled rice pudding      Origin: Britain	Torta alle Noci (Italian Walnut Cake)      Origin: Italy	Trifle to Die For      Origin: England
To make a florentine of veal      Origin: Britain	Torta di Castagne e Choccolato (Chocolate and Chestnut Torte)      Origin: Italy	Trini Coconut Sweet Bread      Origin: Trinidad
To Make a Marchpane      Origin: Britain	Torta Galesa (Teisen Gymreig)      Origin: Welsh	Trini Sugar Cake      Origin: Trinidad
To make a quaking pudding      Origin: Britain	Torta Navideña (Christmas Cake)      Origin: Ecuador	Trinidad Chicken Pelau      Origin: Trinidad
To make almond cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Torta Negra Galesa (Welsh Black Cake)      Origin: Welsh (Patagonia)	Trinidad Crab and Callaloo      Origin: Trinidad
To make an excellent aromaticall Hyppocras      Origin: Britain	Torta Plava zaguna (Blue Lagoon Cake)      Origin: Slovenia	Trinidad Paime      Origin: Trinidad
To Make Cheeſe-cakes      Origin: England	Tortas de Aceite (Sesame Seed and Aniseed Biscuits)      Origin: Spain	Trinidadian Black Cake      Origin: Trinidad
To make cheesecakes      Origin: Britain	Tortellini di Natale (Christmas Tortellini)      Origin: Italy	Trinidadian Curried Goat      Origin: Trinidad
To make drie Gingerbread      Origin: Britain	Torth Fraith (Mottled Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Triopita (Greek Cheese Pie)      Origin: Greece
To make jumballs      Origin: Britain	Torth Frith Llandudno (Llandudno Fruit Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Tripe and Onions      Origin: England
To make mackeroons      Origin: Britain	Tortilla de Calabaza (Egusi Seed Omelette)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Tripe with Tatties      Origin: Scotland
To make mince pies the best way      Origin: Britain	Tortillas de Platanos (Plantain Tortillas)      Origin: Costa Rica	Truchas de Bonaito (White Sweet Potato Pockets)      Origin: Spain
To make Pancakes.      Origin: England	Toto-kena Misy Anana sy Voanjo (Greens with Peanuts and Minced Beef)      Origin: Madagascar	Tsebhi Shiro (Spicy Peanuts)      Origin: Eritrea
To Make White Fricasey      Origin: Britain	Tottenham Cake      Origin: England	Tsiren Dakakken Nama (Spicy Mince Meat Kebabs)      Origin: Nigeria
To mince veal      Origin: British	Tourment d'Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)      Origin: Greece
To Sowce a Pigge (Collar of Brawn)      Origin: England	Tourment d'Amour (Love's Torment)      Origin: Saint Barthelemy	Tuna with Safran and Coconut Milk (Tuna with Cumin and Coconut Milk)      Origin: Seychelles
Toasted Almond Ice Cream      Origin: British	Tourta de Blea (Chard Pie)      Origin: Monaco	Tunisian Vegetable Couscous      Origin: Tunisia
Toasted Oat and Raisin Biscuits      Origin: Britain	Tourtes parmeriennes (Parmesan Pies)      Origin: France	Turbot in Kerala Red Curry Sauce      Origin: India
Tobago Curry Conch with Dumplings      Origin: Trinidad	Towcester Cheesecakes      Origin: England	Turkey Leftovers Hotpot      Origin: Britain
Tobago Curry Crab and Dumplings      Origin: India	Towering Praline Carrot Cake      Origin: American	Turkey Rendang      Origin: Fusion
Toffee Apple Cupcakes      Origin: British	Tozzetti della Tuscia (Hazelnut Biscotti)      Origin: Italy	Turkey, Squash and Cranberry Ravioli      Origin: Britain
Toffee Apple Slices      Origin: China	Traditional Black Bun      Origin: Scotland	Turkish Baharat      Origin: Turkey
Tofu Katsu Curry      Origin: Fusion	Traditional Brandy Butter Sauce      Origin: Britain
Tofu Laver and Leek Croquettes      Origin: Ireland	Traditional Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: Britain

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