“Many people think of California as the garlic capital of the world when, in fact, most of our garlic comes from China” — Southern Living As readers already know, as of Saturday afternoon tariffs have been placed on all imports to the United States from Mexico, Canada and China. Stated simply at Wikipedia, “a tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.” This installment of “Edibles & Potables” offers food for thought, in as neutral a fashion as I can muster. In an admirable spirit of balance, the Reuters news service posted an acc ......Read more