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 4134 recipes in total:

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Francatelli's Allemande Sauce      Origin: Britain	Frosted Walnut Cake      Origin: American	Gaeng Khiaw Waen (Green Curry with Pork)      Origin: Thailand
Francatelli's Yorkshire Pudding      Origin: Britain	Frucht-Chutney (Fruit Chutney)      Origin: Namibia	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand
Frangipane Tart      Origin: Britain	Fruit à pain au lait de coco (Breadfruit with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand
Frangipane-topped Mince Pies      Origin: Britain	Fruit Curry      Origin: India	Gaeng Pa (Jungle Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand
Frango à Cafrial à Zambeziana (Zambezi-style Barbecued Chicken)      Origin: Mozambique	Fruit Curry      Origin: South Africa	Gaeng Pa-naeng (Panang Curry)      Origin: Thailand
Frango com Piri-piri (Piri-piri Chicken)      Origin: Mozambique	Fruit Risshews      Origin: England	Gajar Ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa)      Origin: India
Frango de Churrasco de Guiné (Guinea-Bissau Barbecued Chicken)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Fruit Risshews      Origin: England	Gajjar Barfi (Carrot Fudge)      Origin: India
Frango Grelhado Piri Piri (Grilled Chicken with Chillies)      Origin: Angola	Fruit-glazed Easter Ham      Origin: Britain	Galettes de Fonio à la Banane (Fonio Griddle Cakes with Banana)      Origin: Burkina Faso
Frango Zambeziana (Zambezi Chicken)      Origin: Mozambique	Fruited Luncheon Cake II      Origin: Britain	Galettes de Légumes au Fonio (Vegetable Fritters with Fonio)      Origin: Burkina Faso
Frankfurter Kranz (Frankfurt Crown Cake)      Origin: Germany	Fruity Beef Casserole      Origin: Britain	Gali Ji Huifan (Cantonese Chicken Curry on Rice)      Origin: China
Freekeh Mansaf      Origin: Syria	Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Galinha à Portuguesa (Macanese Portuguese Chicken)      Origin: Macau
Freekeh Mfalfaleh (Palestinian Freekeh Pilaf)      Origin: Palestine	Fruity Turkey Curry      Origin: Britain	Galo Soup      Origin: Liberia
Freekeh Pilaf      Origin: Levant	Frumente (Wheat in Milk and Broth)      Origin: England	Gammon Steaks with Spicy Apple Rings      Origin: Britain
French Bean and Duck Green Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Frumente yn lentyn (Frumenty in Lent)      Origin: England	Garam Masala      Origin: India
French Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: France	Frytour Blaunched (White Fritters)      Origin: England	Garden Eggs Stew      Origin: Ghana
Fresh Apple Coffeecake      Origin: American	FSM Taro Pudding      Origin: Federated States Micronesia	Garlic Chilli Chicken      Origin: Britain
Fresh Coconut Cake      Origin: Aruba	Fulani Boullie      Origin: Central African Republic	Garlic Mustard Pesto      Origin: Italy
Fresh Cranberry Sauce      Origin: American	Funges (Mushrooms)      Origin: England	Gastris (Nut Cake)      Origin: Roman
Fresh Pear Shortcake      Origin: Britain	Furmente with porpays (Grain Pottage with Porpoise)      Origin: England	Gateau Ayisyen Zoranj (Haitian Orange Cake)      Origin: Haiti
Fresh Pumpkin Pie      Origin: American	Futali      Origin: Malawi	Gâteau de couac à la noix de coco (Cassava Semolina and Coconut Cake)      Origin: French Guiana
Fri Fri      Origin: Tahiti	Futari (Sweet Potato and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Tanzania	Gâteau de riz blanc au lait de coco (White Rice and Coconut Cake)      Origin: Mayotte
Friands aux Amandes (Mini Almond Cakes)      Origin: France	Futari (Sweet-potatoes Namibian Style)      Origin: Namibia	Gâteau des patates douces (Sweet-potato Cake)      Origin: Saint-Martin
Fricando con champiñones (Fricando with Mushrooms)      Origin: Spain	Fygey (Figgy Pottage)      Origin: England	Gâteau du Matin Breton (Breton Morning Cake)      Origin: France
Fricassée of Turkey      Origin: Britain	Gâteau à L'Orange      Origin: France	Gato Piman (Spicy Cakes)      Origin: Seychelles
Fricassée de Lambi (Queen Conch Fricassee)      Origin: Martinique	Gâteau au Coco (Coconut Cakes)      Origin: Togo	Gboma Dessi (Spinach Sauce with Beef)      Origin: Togo
Fried Brains      Origin: Britain	Gâteau de Crêpes à l'Ananas (Millefeuille of Pancakes and Caramelized Pineapple)      Origin: France	Gefüllte Weihnachtsgans (Christmas Goose)      Origin: Germany
Fried Chicken, Ital Vegetables and Rundown Sauce      Origin: Jamaica	Gâteau marbré chocolat poire (Marbled Chocolate Yoghurt Cake)      Origin: France	Gehackte Herring      Origin: South Africa
Fried Dead-nettle Greens      Origin: British	Gâteau Mont Blanc      Origin: France	Gellyg wedi Piclo (Pickled Pears)      Origin: Welsh
Fried Fish with Pine Kernels      Origin: China	Güschgle-Knöpfle (Güshgle-style Button Noodles)      Origin: Liechtenstein	Gem Squash Starter      Origin: South Africa
Fried Mackerel with Gooseberries      Origin: England	Gâche Mélée (Spiced Apple Cake)      Origin: Guernsey	Genoese Sauce      Origin: Britain
Fried Pumpkin      Origin: Nigeria	Gadang Pit (Red Curry Chicken)      Origin: Laos	Gentleman's Relish      Origin: Britain
Frikkadel Curry      Origin: South Africa	Gado Gado with Sambal Kacang      Origin: Indonesia	Georgian Walnut Sauce      Origin: Georgia
Frikkadels      Origin: South Africa	Gaelic Fruit      Origin: Scotland
Fritela di Malva (Common Mallow Flower Fritters)      Origin: Italy	Gaeng Karee Gai (Yellow Curry With Chicken)      Origin: Thailand

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