Fruit: Page 5

Learn how to pick out that perfectly ripe avocado and find out how to avoid the bad ones. You don't want to get home with an old avocado or one that isn't ready to use in time for that party.

Successful avocado slicing depends on not following the banana model of peel first, then slicing. Avocados are best sliced with the skin still on.

Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. He'll show you how to make spice roasted apples and pears. The key to this recipe are the fresh summer pairs, make sure they are not too ripe.

Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. In this video he shows you how to make roasted pineapple with mascarpone cream. This recipe starts with these uniquely salt baked pineapples. Enjoy!

This is a simple, creative way to decorate your fruit salad - put it in a melon bowl!

This is a short, but hopefully useful demo for how to remove all those pomegranate kernels without a big mess.

Lamb is perfect for Indian cooking. Its flavor stands up well against spices like curry and chili. This easy lamb curry recipe will show you how to make a fruity curry lamb using 4 lamb chump chops.

When you suprême a citrus fruit, you cut away all the skin, pith, and membranes, leaving the sections of the fruit intact. It's not suprêmely difficult, but it takes some care.

Learn how to juice a lemon.

Spring is just around the corner, and for you pear growers, here's a thorough step by step demonstration on how to grow pears in a bottle. Ed adds a brandy after he collects his 'pear in a bottle' and hands them out at the holidays to just a handful of friends. Oh to be so lucky!

This Fresh Mango Pickle is from South India and is called Maangaa Curry or Maangai Keeru In Tamil. Watch and see how to make this raw mango treat.

If you love mangos but go to the store and find them too unripe to purchase, buy them anyway and make mango dal! Mango dal is an Indian dish of unripe mangoes cooked with yellow lentil.

Deliciously sweet and sticky toffee apples. A classic treat for the whole family. These must be tried to be appreciated. Delight in this Toffee Apples recipe.

Try fried bananas, Thai-style! With few ingredients and a short cooking time, you won't believe how delicious this simple dessert will be. You will need frozen spring roll pastry wrappers, bananas and cooking oil for frying. Serve the bananas warm. For a special dessert, top them with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

This decadent recipe makes the perfect decoration for many desserts and its combination of sweet and tart will excite your taste buds! Relish this Candied Citrus recipe.

In this video series, watch as Chef J. Costilla teaches how to make candy apples. Learn the different ingredients for candy apples, how to pick apples for candy apples, how to combine syrup and water, how to make a chilling sheet, how to wash ad dry apples, how to insert stick in a candy apple, how to make caramel apples, how to make rocky road apples, and how to chill the candy apples. Candy apples are easy to make using this quick and easy step by step candy apple recipe from the experts at...

This video will show you how to cut a mango easily.

Citrus segments make refreshing additions to salads and desserts, but the bitter white pith and chewy membranes sometimes detract from the deliciousness. To make citrus segments -- sometimes called "supremes" -- the only tool needed is a sharp paring knife. Cut the top and bottom off the fruit, then carefully cut away the peel and pith, leaving as much of the fruit as possible.

For this Thai dessert which will serve one person you will need banana, coconut milk, sugar, salt and water.

Martha Stewart answers questions about serving tropical fruit. Allow mangos to ripen; when it's ready it will give slightly when pressed. As with any other fruit, make sure to smell it first, good ones will have a fragrant aroma. Choose kiwis that are large and plump and give slightly to gentle pressure. Passion fruit is ripe when it has a wrinkled, dimpled purple skin.

Petey Greene shows you how to be yourself and eat watermelon. In this clip from civil rights activist Petey Greene's Washington DC television program in the Spring of 1982, Greene explains how to eat watermelon. Utterly bizarre. Also, pointers on eating corn and fried chicken.

How to peel a tomato. I didn't learn it here, but this is one of the best I've seen on how it's done other than with my own personal touch. Enjoy fresh tomato sauce or salsa!

Watch this instructional video to learn the proper way to cut and peel an apple. Along with an apple all you need are 2 knives, a Japanese one and a pear one, and a corer.

Learn how to make fruit that crackles and fizzes in your mouth. The process is a mix of science and cooking that employs the use of dry ice. This is a narrated video that also discusses the necessary safety precautions of using dry ice.

Though apple skins are healthy, some recipes call for peeled apples. These apple peeling tips will show you how to remove the skin safely and efficiently. The first thing that you will need is a sharp paring knife. Now, before we continue, a quick safety tip: Whenever you are using a sharp knife you always want to cut with the blade facing away from you. If you are cutting with the blade toward yourself and you slip you will increase your chances of an accident.

This video explains the little known secreting to testing avocados. Simply hold upside down at the base, apply light pressure, and...well you have to watch the video. Learn right from the tree farm.

Fresh coconuts can look a bit intimidating but in just a few easy steps you too can be enjoying both the milk and the meat of this delicious fruit. Coconuts' peak season is from October through December. You should be able to hear the liquid inside and it should feel heavy for its size. Check for three eyes, at the smaller end of the coconut. They should look intact and there should not be any cracks or damage to the shell.

Making applesauce at home gives it a fresh flavor that you can modify with a number of ingredients. Try these tips for homemade applesauce. You will need 1 apple per serving of applesauce. You should use an apple that won't discolor easily, like Cortland, Golden Delicious, Ida Red and McIntosh. You will also need water, sugar and lemon juice.

Pomegranates are high in antioxidants and pack a strong, tangy flavor, but how in the world do you open them without making a mess? Learn how to open pomegranates, and also how to make juice from the ruby-red seeds inside. You can eat the seeds just as they are. If you want to make pomegranate juice, you can throw the seeds in a blender. Or for a quick and fun way, you can also place them into a plastic freezer bag. Remove most of the air, seal the zipper, and use a rolling pin to break the...

A subtly sweet melon, cantaloupe is a refreshing summertime snack. See the different ways to cut a cantaloupe, from chunks to slices. You know your cantaloupe is ripe when it: yields to slight pressure, has yellowish skin, has a fresh aroma at the end where the stem was attached, has a healthy outer rind free of tears or cuts. Be sure to refrigerate the sliced melon in plastic bags or airtight containers within 2 hours of cutting it.

Kiwi is quite the ironic fruit. It's to-die-for exotic sweetness is countered by it's very difficult exterior, which is rough and soemtimes hard to scrape off. Luckily, this food tutorial will run you through several ways to choose, peel, and slice kiwis.

Transform a so-so dessert into something spectacular with a beautiful strawberry garnish. Watch how to cut and serve a strawberry garnish. This is a nice way to add a special touch to a dessert or a cheese plate.

Not everyone likes papaya. But a lot of times the sweet fruit is simply misunderstood. They require different methods of preparation which most people just don't feel like doing. But trust us, biting in to a juicy piece of papaya is totally worth the work.

Homemade baby food provides your little one with a natural, nutritious meal. Learn what fruits are right for your child and how to prepare, cook, and store baby food. Babies between 4 and 6 months old are ready to start integrating solid food into their diet. Remember to check in with your pediatrician before making any changes to your baby's diet. When making baby food, be sure to wash your hands and use clean equipment and tools. You can also freeze it in an ice cube tray, and once frozen,...