For those of us who don’t have mango trees in our backyards, here are Varga’s tips for detecting if a mango is ready to eat or slice up for recipes like mango sticky rice and mango cucumber salad.

How to Cut Mango To cut a mango, slice off one end and stand it upright on a cutting board. Cut off the two thick sides, or "cheeks" by slicing from top to bottom.

Celebrity chef Cat Cora teaches “GMA” viewers a simple hack to cut a mango by turning it into a star.