On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:44:50 +0100, Nathalie Chiva
> wrote:

>mrs_cruella a écrit :
>
>> I have a friend coming to visit from the UK. She wants to bring me
>> foodie ingredients. What should I ask for? (I'm in the Chicago area.)
>> TIA!
>
>Nothing :-(((((
>The US has recently banned *all* private food importation (including
>boxes of chocolate that Swiss people often bring - that's how I know
>that, it made the newspaper headlines here), for "security reasons"
>(?!?!).

Well, shoot. That *is* rotten news. Someone once brought me a box of
(fresh) chocolates from a 1-person kitchen in Geneva, and they were
absolutely the best chocolate I've ever had in my life, before or
since. Poor innocent chocolate.