We tested popular avocado-ripening methods to see which ways work and which ways don't.

Guacamole lovers around the globe are all too familiar with the panic and desperation that descends when realizing that their avocados won’t magically ripen in the hour left before taco night. But you ...

Placing unripe avocados in a paper bag with fruit that gives off ethylene gas ripens them the fastest. Using a ripe banana edged out an apple by two days, but either method works. Heating avocados ...

A hand holds half an avocado while a spoon is scooping out the flesh. - Caterina Oltean / 500px/Getty Images We've all been there — dreaming about avocado toast while holding a stubbornly unripe ...

Picking out avocados is a whole thing. I mean, timing is everything with these guys for the perfect taste, depending on when you need them, of course. Maybe you're making your world-famous guacamole, ...

Avocados are fickle. Sometimes they seem to be ready for consumption but then hard as a rock when cut into. Other times avocados look like they’ll be rotten before you get them home. This ...

If you've ever sliced into a seemingly ripe avocado only to find brown, sludgy innards or a hard green mass, you know one of the most frustrating produce-related disappointments. After all, plans to ...