Did you know that walnuts are technically a stone fruit? Walnuts, in the Juglandaceaefamily, are indeed the edible seed kernels of a drupe, which means they are not even true nuts! Nutsor not, these healthy brain-shaped seeds pack a punch in the vitamin department and add depth to both sweet and savory dishes. The most common types of walnuts grown commercially for their edible seeds are Persian varieties, now called Englishwalnuts. Black walnuts, with origins in North America,also have an edible seed, but they are so hard to crackthat they are mostly used for their gorgeous and highly prized (and priced!) wood.  

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