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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Black Forest Microwave Pudding      Origin: Britain	Boletes in Cream Sauce      Origin: American	Bottle Masala      Origin: India
Black Mustard Leaves, Tricorn Leek and Millet      Origin: Fusion	Bolinhos de Mancarra com Peixe (Fish Peanut Balls)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Bottle Masala Meatball Curry      Origin: India
Black Velvet Baby Cakes      Origin: Ireland	Bolinhos de Najita (Najita Balls)      Origin: Mozambique	Bottom Belleh (Sierra Leonean Deep Fried Fish Pasties)      Origin: Sierra Leone
Blackberry and Almond Cake      Origin: Britain	Bolinhos de Peixe com Mancarra (Fish Fritters with Peanuts)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Boudin de Pescado (Fish Pudding)      Origin: Spain
Blackberry and Almond Snacking Cake      Origin: Britain	Bolitas de Pecana (Pecan Balls)      Origin: Peru	Bougna      Origin: New Caledonia
Blackberry Batter      Origin: Britain	Bolo de Chocolate com Frutas (Chocolate Cake with Fruit)      Origin: Brazil	Bougna      Origin: Wallis Futuna
Blackberry Bavarois      Origin: Britain	Bolo de Laranje e Amêndoa (Orange and Almond Cake)      Origin: Mozambique	Bouillie de Mil (Millet Porridge)      Origin: Togo
Blackberry Fool with Hazelnut Biscuits      Origin: Britain	Bolo de Mel      Origin: Portugal	Boules de Bananes (Banana Fritters)      Origin: Guinea
Blackcurrant Syrup      Origin: Britain	Bolo di Dadel (Date Cake)      Origin: Curacao	Boulettes de viande à l'indienne (Indian-style Meatballs)      Origin: France
Blan Manje      Origin: Haiti	Bolo Polana (Cashew Nut Cake)      Origin: Aruba	Boulgour aux Fruits Secs (Bulgur Wheat with Dried Fruit)      Origin: Mauritania
Blancs de Poulet au Gingembre et à la Cardamome (Chicken Breasts with Ginger and Cardamom)      Origin: Madagascar	Bolognese Pizza Sauce      Origin: Italy	Bourbon Pumpkin Cheesecake      Origin: America
Blank Desne (White Desire)      Origin: England	Bombay Aloo (Bombay Potatoes)      Origin: Britain	Bourkakia me Tiri (Cheese Rolls)      Origin: Greece
Blank dessore (White Desire)      Origin: England	Bombay Egg and Potato Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Boxemännercher (Gingerbread Men)      Origin: Luxembourg
Blank Dessorre      Origin: England	Bombay Mix      Origin: India	Braaied Giant Wild Prawns with Peanuts and Coconut      Origin: South Africa
Blank Maunger      Origin: England	Bombay Potatoes      Origin: India	Braised Beef      Origin: British
Blanquette d'Agneau au Curry (Curried Blanquettes of Lamb)      Origin: Cote dIvoire	Bonava (Mauritanian Lamb Stew)      Origin: Mauritania	Brambrack      Origin: Ireland
Blaunche Powder (Blanche Powder)      Origin: England	Bonbons de Coco (Coconut Candies)      Origin: Mauritius	Brandy Truffles      Origin: Britain
Blitz Kuchen (Lightning Cake)      Origin: Germany	Bonfire Biscuits      Origin: British	Braune Kuchen (Brown Biscuits)      Origin: Germany
Blitzkuchen mit Obst (Lightning Cake with Fruit)      Origin: Germany	Bonfire Ginger Cake      Origin: British	Bread and Butter Orange Pudding      Origin: British
Bloms (Blom Meatballs)      Origin: France	Bonfire Night Curry Soup      Origin: Britain	Bread and Butter Pudding      Origin: Britain
Blue Sonic Curry      Origin: Japan	Bonfire Puddings with Tarantula Sauce      Origin: British	Bread and Butter Pudding II      Origin: Britain
Blueberry Laddoo      Origin: Fusion	Bonne Femme Soup      Origin: British	Breaded Chicken of the Woods with Wild Garlic and Walnut Mayonnaise      Origin: Germany
Bo Kho (Spicy Beef Stew)      Origin: Vietnam	Bonnes-bouches      Origin: British	Breadfruit and Saltfish Bread      Origin: Saint Vincent
Boatman's Curry      Origin: India	Bonnie Prince Pudding      Origin: Scotland	Breadfruit Curry      Origin: India
Bobó Frito (Sao Tomean Chicken Croquettes)      Origin: Sao Tome	Boo Sauce (Ugandan Cowpea Leaves with Peanut Butter)      Origin: Uganda	Breadfruit Poi      Origin: Tuvalu
Bobófrito (Fried Bananas)      Origin: Sao Tome	Boo with Okra      Origin: Uganda	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Dominica
Bobor Taro (Taro Root Pudding)      Origin: Cambodia	Boondi Laddu      Origin: India	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Guadeloupe
Boeuf aux Chocolat Gabonnaise (Beef with Gabon Chocolate)      Origin: Gabon	Boorrma (String Pastry Rolls)      Origin: Lebanon	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Martinique
Boeuf et Feuilles de Manioc (Beef and Cassava Greens in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Gabon	Borders Tart      Origin: Scotland	Breadfruit Puffs      Origin: Saba
Boharat      Origin: Middle East	Borokhé      Origin: Mali	Breadfruit with Coconut Milk      Origin: Hawaii
Boiled Leg of Mutton      Origin: British	Bosnian Baklava      Origin: Bosnia	Breakfast Koskosi      Origin: Egypt
Boiled Peanut Chaat      Origin: India	Botellum (Small Black Puddings)      Origin: Roman	Brenneslekake (Norwgian Nettle and Honey Cake)      Origin: Norway
Boiled Sea Kale Flowers      Origin: Britain	Botokin (Togolese Doughnuts)      Origin: Togo
Bojo (Suriname Cassava and Coconut Cake)      Origin: Suriname	Botswanan Chicken Groundnut Stew      Origin: Botswana

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