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Variety is the spice of life — so they say — but even a few good spices can make a difference, turning that ho-hum bowl of chili into a sweat-inducing zinger. Still, whether your spice collection is comprehensive and abundant or small and selective, there is the question of how and where to store them. May we suggest the IKEA RÅSKOG cart?

When cooking, nothing is quite as inspiring as a wide array of ingredients sorted and staged all in one place, and what better place to do so than our favorite cart? In addition to your spice collection, let grains, pastas, rice, dried fruits, and nuts live alongside the traditional set for a full-scope palette ready to set the chef inside of you on fire.

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If you believe baked potatoes aren’t complete without sour cream, it’s time to up your game with cool, creamy yogurt dip. Greek yogurt brings the tang you love, along with a cool and bright touch from cucumber, fresh mint, and red onion. Paired with a warm potato, this dip melts its way into the nooks and folds of the fluffed flesh. It’s a meal-worthy combo that comes together in minutes.

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An Apple-Centric Harvest Dinner

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What’s more autumnal than apples? Nothing! (Well, maybe pumpkins, if you want to get picky about it!) That’s why I’m crushing on this apple-themed party from Heart & Dash.

It’s over the top with red decorations and an all-out apple menu. Perhaps it’s a little much for my next dinner party, but there’s one easy idea here that I’m totally going to steal.

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Marzipan Challah from Molly Yeh

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A well-made loaf of challah bread is already on its way to being doughy perfection, but this supple dough is often braided to look like artwork. Whether you’re making a ring for Rosh Hashanah or a loaf for French toast, here are 10 lookers from Pinterest we can’t take our eyes off of.

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The beauty of a baked potato — whether you bake it in the oven, the slow cooker, or the microwave, is that it’s a #miraclemeal on nights you want something hearty but easy. All it takes is an inspired topping to turn a plain potato into a little miracle.

And let’s start with chili, the answer to fall’s first nip in the air. Forget about the bowl, and spoon your chili into a warm split baked potato.

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There are plenty of ways to brew a fresh cup of coffee in the morning, but only one involves Star Wars. A new French press from Think Geek is made to look like R2-D2 and it’s pretty much perfect. Whether you’re on the light side of the force (sugar and cream) or the dark side (black coffee only, please), you’ll find some joy waking up to this coffee press.

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While brown sugar and cinnamon are all well and good, sometimes your oatmeal begs for something a little different. It asks to be removed of its sugary stereotypes in order to play the savory card.

Luckily oats really are a blank canvas, so they do that exceptionally well, as this salty, umami-rich miso breakfast bowl proves.

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From Apartment Therapy → A Game Plan To Get Out of the Grocery Store Faster (and for Less Money)

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The German language is full of potential pitfalls and missteps, some more innocuous than others. J.F.K. might have said “Ich bin ein Berliner,” but no one really thought he was a jelly donut. In fact, in Berlin, a donut is actually a Pfannkuchen, which translates as “pancake,” and if you order a Pfannkuchen in Bonn, you’ll get a crepe. In the rest of Germany, a jelly donut is indeed a Berliner — unless you’re in Bavaria, in which case it’s a Krapfen.

White bread rolls pose a similar dilemma: While you can get the same crunchy-outside-soft-inside roll using the textbook Brötchen around the country, regional names for the simple roll vary. In Berlin, you will order a Schrippe; in Stuttgart, a Weck; a little further South, the diminutive Weckerle; and in the heart of Bavaria, Semmel.

A few hour’s drive can mean a whole different dialect — and even when the name stays the same regardless of where in Germany you are, German words are notoriously difficult to pronounce. Do you know how to say Schweinskopfsülze? We didn’t think so.

But some German foods are so delicious, it’s worth figuring out how to pronounce them. Here are 10 to get you started.

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I’ve recently became obsessed with a new Instagram account and I had to share. The Daily Miniature is a showcase of all the teeny-tiny miniatures around the internet. A self-proclaimed miniac, the person behind this Instagram account shares one miniature photo a day, which can range from itty-bitty succulents to a box full of teas. I dare you to look through this account and not smile.

While it’s hard to choose a favorite from these photos, the following food-related photos give me lots of feels.

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