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 2850 recipes in total:

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Balti Chicken Pasanda      Origin: Britain	Basil Pesto      Origin: Britain	Beninese Goat Stew      Origin: Benin
Balushahi      Origin: India	Basler Leckerli (Basel Biscuits)      Origin: Switzerland	Berbere Sauce      Origin: Djibouti
Bambam (Cassava Bread)      Origin: Saint Vincent	Bassi (Malian Couscous)      Origin: Mali	Bergamot, Basil and Almond Pesto      Origin: Fusion
Bambukeyo Bongara (Maldives Breadfruit Curry)      Origin: Maldives	Basundi (Thickened Milk Dessert)      Origin: India	Beriani      Origin: Brunei
Bammy      Origin: Jamaica	Basyniai (Walnut and Fig Cakes)      Origin: Roman	Bermuda Chicken Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Banana Akara      Origin: Sierra Leone	Batak Raichat (Duck Raichat)      Origin: India	Bermuda Rockfish Coconut Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Banana and Peanut Butter Ice Cream      Origin: American	Battenberg      Origin: British	Bermuda Rockfish with Bananas and Rum Sauce      Origin: Bermuda
Banana Coconut Muffins (Banana Coconut Muffins)      Origin: American	Bean and Almond Salad      Origin: South Africa	Bermudan Plantain Curry      Origin: Bermuda
Banana Ice Cream      Origin: British	Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Besan Ladoo      Origin: India
Banana Ketchup      Origin: Jamaica	Bebotok Sapi (Indonesian Meatloaf)      Origin: Indonesia	Besan Ladoo      Origin: India
Banana Lassi      Origin: India	Bedam ki Burfi (Almond Toffee)      Origin: India	Betas et Polypodiae (Beetroot and Polypody Root)      Origin: Roman
Banana leaf mackerel      Origin: Sri Lanka	Beech Mast Oil      Origin: Britain	Bethmaennchen (German Marzipan Christmas Biscuits)      Origin: Germany
Bananas with Split Green Peas      Origin: Rwanda	Beech Nut Muffins      Origin: Britain	Bienenstich (Bee Sting)      Origin: Germany
Banankou Fida (Sokossoko with Kidneys)      Origin: Guinea	Beech-nut Flour      Origin: Britain	BIR Chicken Chettinad      Origin: Britain
Banbury Tarts      Origin: Britain	Beef and Coconut Cream Curry      Origin: Fusion	BIR Kashmiri Curry      Origin: Britain
Bangude Ghassi (Bunt-style Spicy Mangalorean Curry)      Origin: India	Beef and Mushrooms in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Central African Republic	BIR Lamb Chettinad      Origin: Britain
Bara Brith      Origin: Welsh	Beef and Pistachio Terrine      Origin: Britain	Bis Riha (Maldives Egg Curry)      Origin: Maldives
Bara Brith Aberteifi (Aberteifi Currant Loaf)      Origin: Welsh	Beef Cameroon      Origin: Cameroon	Biscotti Mandorle e Pistacchio (Pistachio and Almond Biscuits)      Origin: Italy
Bara Brith Hydref (Autumnal Bara Brith)      Origin: Welsh	Beef Chop Suey      Origin: China	Bisgedi Ceirch (Oat Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bara Brith Y Bala (Bala Currant Loaf)      Origin: Welsh	Beef Curry with Sweet Potato Noodles      Origin: Fusion	Bisgedi Gele (Gele Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bara Carwe Ynys Môn (Anglesea Caraway Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Beef in Bitter      Origin: Britain	Bisgedi Nadolig (Christmas Biscuits)      Origin: Welsh
Bara Cnau Pecan a Llugaeron (Pecan Nut and Cranberry Bread)      Origin: Welsh	Beef Noodles with Oyster Sauce      Origin: China	Bisort Bolognese      Origin: Fusion
Barbadian Plain Cake      Origin: Barbados	Beef Rendang      Origin: Indonesia	Bizcocho de almendras (Almond Cake)      Origin: Spain
Barbecued Baked Apples      Origin: Britain	Beef Stock      Origin: Britain	Bizcocho de chufa (Tigernut Cake)      Origin: Spain
Barbudan Coconut Tart      Origin: Antigua	Beetroot Halwa      Origin: India	Black Bean Sauce      Origin: China
Barfi badam (Almond Cream Sweetmeats)      Origin: India	Beetroot Sabzi (Beetroot Curry)      Origin: India	Black Bun      Origin: Scotland
Barley Gruel      Origin: England	Beetroot-stuffed Parathas      Origin: India	Black Forest Cheesecake Delight      Origin: American
Baru Fida (Spinach Sauce with Peanuts and Beef Shank)      Origin: Guinea	Beigli      Origin: Hungary	Black Mustard Leaves, Tricorn Leek and Millet      Origin: Fusion
Basanti Pulao (Bengali Pilau Rice)      Origin: India	Beignets de Banane au Lait de Coco (Banana Fritters with Coconut Milk)      Origin: Togo	Blackberry and Almond Cake      Origin: Britain
Basbousa      Origin: India	Beijino (Coconut Kisses)      Origin: Brazil	Blackberry Batter      Origin: Britain
Baseema      Origin: Sudan-a	Belizean Bread Pudding      Origin: Belize	Blackberry Bavarois      Origin: Britain
Basic Bonnag      Origin: Manx	Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize	Blackcurrant Syrup      Origin: British
Basic Irish Sausages      Origin: Ireland	Bengali Hot Dry Meat Curry      Origin: India
Basic Mead Brewing      Origin: Britain	Beninese Beef Stew      Origin: Benin

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