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

We tested six ways to ripen rock-hard Hass avocados, from placing them on the windowsill to TikTok hacks like the microwave. The best method ripened them a full two days earlier than the others.

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 ...

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 ...

Speed up the process with these simple tips. We get it—sometimes you just want a perfectly ripe avocado, whether it's for avocado toast or a batch of homemade guacamole. Ripe avocados can be the ...

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 ...

Avocado browning is a natural enzymatic reaction caused by oxygen exposure, not spoilage. To keep avocados fresh, apply ...