This carrot bread is just the tiniest bit sweet, and hearty enough to start your morning off beautifully. Ever had a Starbucks Morning Muffin? It tastes almost exactly like that.
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Chicken Cacciatore / Rich & Rustic
Chicken cacciatore is a great way to start embracing fall's rich, rustic flavors: it's filling, easy to prepare, lovely to look at...and costs about $10 for a meal that serves 2 with plenty of leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.
Urban Problem-Solver / Bike Shelf
I've heard lots of my bike-riding friends complain about the impossibility of storing a bike (there's no room in the hallway, landlords won't let you leave it on the landing, and nobody in NYC has any closet space whatsoever), and this Bike Shelf from Knife & Saw solves the problem perfectly...and elegantly.
Red Wine Jell-O
When it comes to Jell-O, I suppose this is pretty much as refined as it gets...which is to say, not very refined at all. But fun!
Fun With Jell-O / Jell-O Is Always Fun
When I was little, my grandma used to make strawberry Jell-O with banana slices floating in it, and that's still my go-to classic...but there are lots and lots of interesting twists you can put on the stuff (most of which don't involve shrimp or cabbage...yikes).