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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simply Recipes / Getty Images More than once, I've wanted to serve up a delicious bowl of guacamole only to reach for an avocado ...

If you have a hard avocado and you need it to be soft in a day or so, simply place it in a brown paper bag with a banana or apple and fold the top to close it up. The natural ethylene gases emitted by ...

A certain sense of joy comes with cutting into a perfectly ripe avocado. You twist it open, feast your eyes on that smooth, beautiful green flesh, and simply have to show someone — either in person or ...

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 ...

More than once, I've wanted to serve up a delicious bowl of guacamole only to reach for an avocado in my fruit bowl and find it rock hard. Typically, a hard avocado takes around a week to ripen, but I ...