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Funnel cakes are my favorite. I know they're a heart attack waiting to happen, but I still love them.

Thanks again for your input guys. Melissa, I really like the Ravenscroft Decanter. Thanks for the suggestion. Richard, you're right that most wine does not need to be decanted, but every once and a while I run accross some petite syrah or cabernent that could use an hour or so of decanting. I really don't need a decanter, but I just love how beautiful some of them are. I'm just in love with the Riedel Amadeo Lyra Decanter.

Great article Melissa! I'll normally only drink a couple of glasses of wine during a sitting, so I end up saving about half a bottle for the next night. I was planning on storing the wine in a decanter for the next evening evening. But, according to the article, that could add up to 1.5 mg of lead to the wine, about 100 times the EPA's action level. Not a good thing. I'm going to definitely look for lead-free stemware and decanters. Thanks for your help.

Had some Tusker last night. It's from Nairobi, Kenya and tastes like no other beer I've ever had. I'm not even sure I can describe the flavor. It's like a lager beer mixed with pinot grigio. Great stuff.

Hi guys, I'd like to purchase some new stemware and a new decanter, but everything I like seems to be made with lead crystal, which has a scary warning that "Use of this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm". Should I be worried? I can't imagine that so many manufacturers would use lead crystal if it really was a hazard. Thanks.

I love Alton Brown and Good Eats. If it weren't for him, I'd still be carefully washing and rinsing individual mushrooms instead of just soaking them to clean them. But, then again, I also love Myth Busters and Dirty Jobs, so I fall right into that demographic.

I'll glance at the chart, but I'm really looking for those nasty hydrogenated oils, especially in breakfast bars and sliced bread. Manufacturers seem to be using less of them since they were exposed as a carcinogenic a few years ago, but in my opinion they should be banned.