If your friends and family laugh every time you volunteer to bring a covered dish, it's time to up your potluck game with some tried-and-true dishes that travel well in a cooler or slow cooker. And if ...

There’s nothing like running to the grocery store for avocados, only to find that every single is rock hard. Huge sigh. But as your dreams of whipping up a fresh guac, avo toast, or any other ...

In the case of bananas, green never means “go ahead.” You want your bananas perfectly ripe before you eat them, with just the right amount of natural sweetness, a bright yellow color, and a firm (but ...

Ripe avocados should feel a little soft and will stay ripe at room temp for a couple of days. Speed up avocado ripening by placing it in a brown bag with bananas or other ethylene-rich fruits.

There’s more than one way to ripen a banana—so we tried them all. While the microwave was quick, the flavor left us wanting.

You know when you pick up an avocado from your produce bowl and you're all ready to make some fresh guacamole or add some avocado slices to your breakfast sandwich, only to find the offending item is ...

Summer is watermelon season, and just as there's nothing like biting into a perfectly juicy, sweet slice, there's no disappointment like finding it tasteless and mushy. Unlike many other types of ...

It seems like just yesterday that baking the perfect banana bread recipe was *the* top priority on any quarantine cooking agenda. Those endless hours experimenting in our home kitchens brought to ...

First, tomatoes that are fully green likely will not ripen, or at least will not develop a good flavor. Tomatoes that are starting to turn white or pink or that have developed a star or streak of ...

Allow me to apologize in advance for the following statement: Fall is coming. Those three words cause fear and dread in vegetable gardeners everywhere. Now is the time to be proactive to ensure an ...

This column from Garden Writer Bill Finch first appeared in the Press-Register's Garden & Home section on May 7, 2004. You could call these blackberries “dewberries“ if you like. In fact, they bear ...

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