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 ...

Because dragging a watermelon home and biting into a bland, mealy slice is the ultimate summer bummer. It’s difficult to describe the taste of watermelon, because nothing tastes quite like it. To me, ...

Watermelon is the unofficial fruit of summer. They’re juicy, sweet, and refreshing. Their high water content makes them the perfect snack on a hot, sunny day. Watermelons are in season for most of the ...

A good, sweet watermelon is a staple healthy summer snack, so it’s important to know how to pick a ripe one at the grocery store or the local farmers market. When it comes time to pick the perfect ...

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 ...

Ever stood in front of a pile of watermelons at the market, tapping, sniffing, squinting, and still walked away with one that tasted like cucumber water? We can relate. Picking a ripe watermelon is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Watermelon is the unofficial fruit mascot of summer in the U.S. Seeded, ...

“A watermelon at 91 to 92% is very sweet,” says the so-called Fruit Nerd Thanh Truong, and that’s the flavor summers are made of. But this is the twist: once watermelons are picked, they won’t get ...