What to look, listen, and feel for before you choose your next melon. Paige Grandjean is a food editor, recipe developer, and food stylist with over seven years of experience in food media. Her work ...

To see if a watermelon is ripe, tap the outside — ideally, it'll make a hollow sound. Leave the rind on for utensil-free snacking, or cut it off if for smoothies and fruit salads. To prevent the ...

Peter Piper may have picked a peck of pickled peppers, but he skimped on sharing advice for picking the perfect watermelon. Luckily, with the help of a few culinary professionals, we’ve rounded up the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — People tell you to thump the watermelon but I needed a few more details on how to pick the perfect watermelon. Eagle Eye Produce offers up an easy graphic showing How to Pick a ...

Ever wonder how to pick the best watermelon out of the batch, simply by looking at it? At first blush such a notion would seem one of those unanswerable questions of the universe. But picking the ...

“Watermelons will not ripen after harvesting; they will get a little redder inside, but they will not get sweeter,” says watermelon farmer Ben Horton of Healthy Harvest Farms in Fort Pierce, Fla. He ...