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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Blan Manje      Origin: Haiti	Bonnie Prince Pudding      Origin: Scotland	Briwfwyd (Mincemeat)      Origin: Welsh
Blancs de Poulet au Gingembre et à la Cardamome (Chicken Breasts with Ginger and Cardamom)      Origin: Madagascar	Boo Sauce (Ugandan Cowpea Leaves with Peanut Butter)      Origin: Uganda	Briwfwyd â Brandi (Brandy Mincemeat)      Origin: Welsh
Blank Desne (White Desire)      Origin: England	Boo with Okra      Origin: Uganda	Briwfwyd Nadolig (Christmas Mincemeat)      Origin: Welsh
Blank dessore (White Desire)      Origin: England	Boondi Laddu      Origin: India	Broas de Mel (Madeira Molasses Biscuits)      Origin: Portugal
Blank Dessorre      Origin: England	Botellum (Small Black Puddings)      Origin: Roman	Brochettes de Poulet Mariné aux Arachides (Marinated Chicken Skewers with Peanuts)      Origin: Mali
Blank Maunger      Origin: England	Botokin (Togolese Doughnuts)      Origin: Togo	Bruet Sarcenes (Saracen Brewet)      Origin: England
Blanquette d'Agneau au Curry (Curried Blanquettes of Lamb)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Botswanan Chicken Groundnut Stew      Origin: Botswana	Brunei Satay      Origin: Brunei
Blaunche Powder (Blanche Powder)      Origin: England	Bottle Masala      Origin: India	Brunsli (Swiss Brownies)      Origin: Switzerland
Blitz Kuchen (Lightning Cake)      Origin: Germany	Bottle Masala Meatball Curry      Origin: India	Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts      Origin: British
Bloms (Blom Meatballs)      Origin: France	Boudin de Pescado (Fish Pudding)      Origin: Spain	Bryndons      Origin: England
Blue Sonic Curry      Origin: Japan	Boules de Bananes (Banana Fritters)      Origin: Guinea	Bua Loy (Pumpkin Sticky Rice Balls in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Thailand
Blueberry Laddoo      Origin: Fusion	Boulettes de viande à l’indienne (Indian-style Meatballs)      Origin: France	Bubur Ketan Hitam (Black Rice Pudding)      Origin: Brunei
Bo Kho (Spicy Beef Stew)      Origin: Vietnam	Boulgour aux Fruits Secs (Bulgur Wheat with Dried Fruit)      Origin: Mauritania	Budget Christmas Pudding      Origin: British
Boatman's Curry      Origin: India	Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: America	Bufuke with Onion Sauce      Origin: Uganda
Bobó Frito (Sao Tomean Chicken Croquettes)      Origin: Sao Tome	Boxemännercher (Gingerbread Men)      Origin: Luxembourg	Bukkeande      Origin: England
Bobófrito (Fried Bananas)      Origin: Sao Tome	Braaied Giant Wild Prawns with Peanuts and Coconut      Origin: South Africa	Bumbu Kuning (Base Indonesian Yellow Spice Paste)      Origin: Indonesia
Bobor Taro (Taro Root Pudding)      Origin: Cambodia	Brambrack      Origin: Ireland	Bund Gobi aur Narial (Coconut Cabbage)      Origin: India
Boeuf aux Chocolat Gabonnaise (Beef with Gabon Chocolate)      Origin: Gabon	Brandy Truffles      Origin: British	Burundi Beans and Plantains      Origin: Burundi
Boeuf et Feuilles de Manioc (Beef and Cassava Greens in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Gabon	Braune Kuchen (Brown Biscuits)      Origin: Germany	Burundian Bean Soup      Origin: Burundi
Boharat      Origin: Middle East	Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: British	Burundian Beef and Greens in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Burundi
Boiled Sea Kale Flowers      Origin: Britain	Bread and Butter Pudding II      Origin: British	Burundian Isombe (Cassava Leaf Stew)      Origin: Burundi
Bojo (Suriname Cassava and Coconut Cake)      Origin: Suriname	Breaded Chicken of the Woods with Wild Garlic and Walnut Mayonnaise      Origin: Germany	Bury Simnel Cake      Origin: England
Bolinhos de Mancarra com Peixe (Fish Peanut Balls)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Breadfruit and Saltfish Bread      Origin: Saint Vincent	Bushmeat Skewers with Cashew Nut Satay      Origin: Namibia
Bolinhos de Peixe com Mancarra (Fish Fritters with Peanuts)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Breadfruit Curry      Origin: India	Buttered Colle-floure (Buttered Cauliflower)      Origin: Britain
Bolitas de Pecana (Pecan Balls)      Origin: Peru	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Saba	Buttered Crab      Origin: England
Bolo de Chocolate com Frutas (Chocolate Cake with Fruit)      Origin: Brazil	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Dominica	Butternut Squash and Feta Cheese Pizza      Origin: British
Bolo de Mel      Origin: Portugal	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Guadeloupe	Buttery Herbed Couscous      Origin: Fusion
Bolo di Dadel (Date Cake)      Origin: Curacao	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Martinique	Buttery King Cake      Origin: Cajun
Bolo Polana (Cashew Nut Cake)      Origin: Aruba	Breadfruit with Coconut Milk      Origin: Hawaii	Cà Ri Gá (Chicken Curry)      Origin: Vietnam
Bombay Aloo (Bombay Potatoes)      Origin: Britain	Brenneslekake (Norwgian Nettle and Honey Cake)      Origin: Norway	Cà Ri Gà (Vietnamese Chicken Curry)      Origin: Vietnam
Bombay Egg and Potato Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Brewet of Almayn (Bruet of Almonds)      Origin: England	Caadriyad (Vermicelli and Raisins)      Origin: Somalia
Bombay Potatoes      Origin: India	Bricyll wedi Piclo (Pickled Apricots)      Origin: Welsh	Caakiri      Origin: West Africa
Bonava (Mauritanian Lamb Stew)      Origin: Mauritania	Brithyll gyda Almonau (Trout with Almonds)      Origin: Welsh
Bonfire Night Curry Soup      Origin: Britain	Brithyll Mewn Crwst Cnau Cyll â Pherlysiau (Trout in a Hazelnut Crust with Herbs)      Origin: Welsh

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