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 3912 recipes in total:

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Brochettes de Poulet Mariné aux Arachides (Marinated Chicken Skewers with Peanuts)      Origin: Mali	Cà Ri Gá (Chicken Curry)      Origin: Vietnam	Camarâes à Guineense (Guinean Prawns)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Brown Caper Sauce      Origin: Britain	Cà Ri Gà (Vietnamese Chicken Curry)      Origin: Vietnam	Camarão na Abóbora (Prawns in Pumpkin Shells)      Origin: Mozambique
Brown Matelotte Sauce      Origin: Britain	Caadriyad (Vermicelli and Raisins)      Origin: Somalia	Camel Braise with Grilled Date Glace      Origin: Fusion
Brown Sugar Cashew Snacking Cake      Origin: Britain	Caakiri      Origin: West Africa	Camel Reshmi Kabab      Origin: Pakistan
Bruet Sarcenes (Saracen Brewet)      Origin: England	Cabbage Kootu (Cabbage in Coconut Milk Gravy)      Origin: Malaysia	Cameroon Spice Powder      Origin: Cameroon
Brunei Satay      Origin: Brunei	Cabbage Mallung (Curried Cabbage)      Origin: Sri Lanka	Cameroonian Burning Fish      Origin: Cameroon
Brunsli (Swiss Brownies)      Origin: Switzerland	Caca boeuf (Beef Patties)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Canadian butter tarts      Origin: Canada
Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts      Origin: Britain	Cacen Ddathlu Tŷ Fferm (Farmhouse Celebration Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Canastitas de Queso (Cheese-filled Baskets)      Origin: Spain
Bryndons      Origin: England	Cacen De Cymreig (Welsh Tea Cakes)      Origin: Welsh	Candied Bananas      Origin: American
Bu'oy ni im (Polynesian Chestnut Cake)      Origin: Federated States Micronesia	Cacen Ffenestr Rhosyn a Phistasio (Rose and Pistachio Battenberg)      Origin: Welsh	Candied Catkins, Catkin Flour and Catkin Syrup      Origin: Britain
Bua Loy (Pumpkin Sticky Rice Balls in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Thailand	Cacen Ffwr a Hi (Quick Bara Brith)      Origin: Welsh	Candied Tigernuts      Origin: Fusion
Buatoro (Baked Taro Cake)      Origin: Kiribati	Cacen Finegr (Vinegar Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Cane Rat Pepper Soup      Origin: Ghana
Buatoro 1      Origin: Kiribati	Cacen Foron Gydag Eisin Oren (Carrot Cake with Orange Icing)      Origin: Welsh	Canejo Asado (Roast Rabbit)      Origin: Colombia
Bubur Ketan Hitam (Black Rice Pudding)      Origin: Brunei	Cacen Furum Nadolig (Yeasty Christmas Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Canella Horchata      Origin: Cuba
Bubur Pulut Hitam (Malay Black Glutinous Rice Porridge)      Origin: Fusion	Cacen Gneifio (Shearing Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Canelones      Origin: Spain
Buckwheat Štruklji with Walnut Filling      Origin: Slovenia	Cacen Gwaedoren Dydd Gwyl Dwynwen (Blood Orange Cake for St Dwynwen's Day)      Origin: Welsh	Canelones      Origin: Andorra
Budget Christmas Pudding      Origin: Britain	Cacen Nadolig Mam (Mam's Christmas Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Canjica      Origin: Sao Tome
Bufuke with Onion Sauce      Origin: Uganda	Cacen Siocled Pasg (Easter Chocolate Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Canjica II      Origin: Brazil
Bukkeande      Origin: England	Cacen y Mans (Manse Cake)      Origin: Welsh	Cantonese Garden Vegetable Stir-fry      Origin: China
Bumbu Kuning (Base Indonesian Yellow Spice Paste)      Origin: Indonesia	Cadw Ffrwythau Drwy Dinio (Preserving Wild Fruit by Canning)      Origin: Welsh	Cantonese Pork      Origin: China
Bund Gobi aur Narial (Coconut Cabbage)      Origin: India	Cajun Fig and Pecan Pie      Origin: Cajun	Cantonese-style Curry Chicken      Origin: China
Burundian Bean Soup      Origin: Burundi	Cake Pops      Origin: Britain	Cantucci Biscotti      Origin: Italy
Burundian Beef and Greens in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Burundi	Calalou (Beninese Callaloo)      Origin: Benin	Cantuccini Biscotti (Cantuccini Biscuits)      Origin: Italy
Burundian Isombe (Cassava Leaf Stew)      Origin: Burundi	Caldo de Chabéu (Palm Nut Stew)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Cape Malay Seafood Curry      Origin: South Africa
Bury Simnel Cake      Origin: England	Caldo de Hongos (Mexican Clear Mushroom Soup)      Origin: Mexico	Cape Pigeons in Coconut Milk      Origin: Zambia
Bushmeat Skewers with Cashew Nut Satay      Origin: Namibia	Caldo de Mancarra (Chicken in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Cape Verdean Cocoda (Coconut Custard Cake)      Origin: Cape Verde
Buttered Brazils      Origin: Britain	Caldou au Bissap (Flatfish with Hibiscus Flowers)      Origin: Senegal	Caponata      Origin: Italy
Buttered Colle-floure (Buttered Cauliflower)      Origin: Britain	Calf's Foot Flummery      Origin: American	Caramelized Oranges with Honeyed Ricotta      Origin: Britain
Buttered Crab      Origin: England	Californian Stir Fry      Origin: American	Caramelized Walnuts      Origin: Britain
Buttermilk Baking Mix      Origin: America	Callaloo      Origin: Trinidad	Caranguejo Grelhado (Grilled Crabs)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau
Butternut Squash and Feta Cheese Pizza      Origin: Britain	Callaloo Soup      Origin: Saint Lucia	Carapachos Rellenos (Stuffed Crab Shells)      Origin: Ecuador
Butternut Squash and Pea Risotto      Origin: Britain	Callaloo Soup      Origin: British Virgin Islands	Caraway Seed Cake      Origin: Britain
Buttery Herbed Couscous      Origin: Fusion	Callaloo Soup      Origin: US Virgin Islands
Buttery King Cake      Origin: Cajun	Callaloo, Tomato and Chickpea Curry      Origin: Cayman Islands

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