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 4553 recipes in total:

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Poulet à l'Arachide (Chicken with Peanuts)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Prawn Laksa      Origin: Malaysia	Pumpkin Brownies      Origin: Britain
Poulet à L'Indienne (Comoran Chicken Curry)      Origin: Comoros	Prawn Pasanda      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Cake      Origin: Liberia
Poulet à la Farine de Maïs (Chicken with Maize Meal Porridge)      Origin: Togo	Prawn Powder      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: Britain
Poulet à la N'Gatietro (Chicken in the Manner of N'Gatietro)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Prawn, Mangetout and Cashew Nut Stir-fry      Origin: Australia	Pumpkin Chelsea Buns      Origin: Britain
Poulet à la Noix de Coco et aux Arachides (Chicken with Coconut and Peanuts)      Origin: Gabon	Preiselbeere Sahnetorte (Cowberry Cream Cake)      Origin: Germany	Pumpkin Croquettes      Origin: Fusion
Poulet au Beurre de Cacahuète (Chicken with Peanut Butter)      Origin: Senegal	Pressure Cooker Chicken Korma      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Crunch      Origin: American
Poulet au Coco (Chicken with Coconut)      Origin: Comoros	Pressure Cooker Chocolate Peanut Cheesecake      Origin: American	Pumpkin Dressing Balls      Origin: American
Poulet au Coco Antillaise (Martinican coconut chicken)      Origin: Martinique	Pressure Cooker Coconut Lamb Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Dumplings      Origin: American
Poulet aux Arachides à la Togolaise (Chicken with Peanuts, Togo Fashion)      Origin: Togo	Pressure Cooker Curried Beef Stew      Origin: South Africa	Pumpkin Fudge      Origin: American
Poulet aux Arachides de Niger (Chicken with Peanuts, Niger Style)      Origin: Niger	Pressure Cooker Curried Squash      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Hummus      Origin: American
Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Madagascar	Pressure Cooker Massaman Beef Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Muffins      Origin: American
Poulet aux Bananes Plantains (Chicken with Plantains)      Origin: Cameroon	Pressure Cooker Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: American	Pumpkin Nut Bars with Orange Icing      Origin: American
Poulet aux Maniocs (Chicken with Cassava)      Origin: DR-Congo	Pressure Cooker Thai Red Curry      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Nutmeg Dinner Rolls      Origin: American
Poulet Bami Calédonien (New Caledonian Chicken Bami)      Origin: New Caledonia	Pressure Cooker Vegetable and Coconut Curry      Origin: Fusion	Pumpkin Pie Bars      Origin: American
Poulet Colombo      Origin: French Guiana	Prik Gaeng Panang (Panang Red Curry Paste)      Origin: Thailand	Pumpkin Pie Blintzes      Origin: American
Poulet Créole (Creole Chicken)      Origin: Mauritius	Prosciutto-wrapped Chicken Thigh with Mushroom Marsala Sauce      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Pie Crumble      Origin: Britain
Poulet de Comores (Comorian Chicken)      Origin: Comoros	Pudina Chutney (Indian Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin Pie Spice      Origin: American
Poulet de Guinée (Guinean Chicken)      Origin: Guinea	Pudina Chutney (Mint Chutney)      Origin: India	Pumpkin Pilhi      Origin: Pitcairn Islands
Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Tahiti	Pudina tal-Hobz (Maltese Bread Pudding)      Origin: Malta	Pumpkin Pizza      Origin: American
Poulet Fafa (Chicken with Taro Leaves)      Origin: Wallis Futuna	Puding Torta (Pudding Cake)      Origin: North Macedonia	Pumpkin Skin Chutney      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Poulet Kédjénou (Kédjénou Chicken)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Puerto Rican Tembleque (Quaking Coconut Pudding)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Pumpkin Spice Cookies      Origin: American
Poulet Nyembwe      Origin: Gabon	Puffball Patties      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin Spiced Monkey Bread      Origin: American
Poulet Tunisienne (Tunisian Chicken)      Origin: Tunisia	Pulë me Arra (Chicken with Walnuts)      Origin: Albania	Pumpkin with Nilgiri Sauce      Origin: India
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Gambia	Puli Pithe      Origin: India	Pumpkin, Ginseng and Nut Muffins      Origin: American
Poulet Yassa (Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Pulled Pork Tacos      Origin: America	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart with Three-cornered Leeks      Origin: Britain
Poulet Yassa Malienne (Malian Chicken Yassa)      Origin: Mali	Pullum Numidicum (Numidian Guinea Fowl)      Origin: Roman	Pumpkin, Goat's Cheese and Kale Tart      Origin: Britain
Poullaille farcie (Stuffed Poultry)      Origin: France	Pullus Vardanus (Chicken à la Varus)      Origin: Roman	Pumpkin, Poppy Seed and Lemon Loaf      Origin: American
Pound Cakes      Origin: British	Pumpes (Pork Meatballs)      Origin: England	Punch Coco (Coconut Punch)      Origin: Comoros
Pourcelet farci (Stuffed Suckling Pig)      Origin: France	Pumpkin and Banana Bread      Origin: England	Pur Fayte Ypocras (To Make Hippocras)      Origin: England
Po’e de Plátanos (Rapa Nui Banana Po'e)      Origin: Easter Island	Pumpkin and Dhal Soup      Origin: British	Purée d'Aubergines (Aubergine Purée)      Origin: Rwanda
Prawn Balti      Origin: Britain	Pumpkin and Orange Cake with Cashew Cream      Origin: Britain	Purée d'Oseille (Hibiscus Leaf Purée)      Origin: Chad
Prawn Biryani      Origin: India	Pumpkin and Rice Laksa      Origin: Fusion	Purée of Artichokes      Origin: British
Prawn Caldine      Origin: India	Pumpkin and Tomato Soup      Origin: West Africa
Prawn Laksa      Origin: Cocos Islands	Pumpkin Bread      Origin: American

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