Placing your avocado in a paper bag with a few bananas concentrates the ethylene gas, ripening it in half the time.

What's the secret to perfect guacamole and the best avocado toast? The answer is easy: ripe avocados! The only problem is that, more often than not, they're rock hard when you buy them in the grocery ...

With avocados, what you see -- a dark, rough exterior that may have helped to earn the fruit its nickname of alligator pear -- isn't exactly what you get when you cut them open. Inside, you're hoping ...

Nothing's worse than trying to make avocado toast or guacamole with an unripe avocado. Here's how long it really takes for avocados to be ready to use.

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 ...

For 20 years, Ann Taylor Pittman built a career of creating healthy recipes at Cooking Light magazine, where she most recently served as Executive Editor. She is the recipient of two James Beard ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. Avocados are more than just the star of your ...

Selecting the perfect avocado can be tricky, since outward appearance doesn’t always reflect what’s inside. Assess avocados’ color, skin texture, firmness and weight to help you choose a ripe one ...