You scour India looking for real asafoetida (= resinous form) and you find it in ... Spain?
Por qué no?
Monday, August 30, 2010
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2 comments:
Any tier-2 minus city/village in north India.
Fine!
Let me know when UPS can pick up from there, and deliver to New York.
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