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The Tip is 'Don't procrastinate' For years I've been buying ink jet cartridges from a big box office supply store. These cartridges were made overseas and labeled with the well-known brand of a large American printer company. One I remembered a local store that advertised quality cartridges. I had traveled by this local store hundreds of times but never stopped. This time I stopped at the local store. To my surprise I discovered that they carried the cartridge I needed and it was a Made in USA cartridge. Made in Chicago, to be precise, and it was half the price of the imported ones I had been buying for years. The quality is exceptional and they last longer too. Who knew? After that experience, I make a point to stop at every store I can. By doing so, I've been finding more and more Made in America products. Occasionally the clerks don't know the country of origin; this can be discouraging but finding the origin information yourself isn't difficult I've come to realize. Believe it not, there are actually a number of computers made in the US including laptops made in the USA. When the label is not visibly displayed I use the other Made in America buying tips to help me find Made in US. If the store doesn't carry what you are looking for, use Made in America Secrets to find it and tell the manager about your experience at their store. If enough people are asking for Made in America products stores will begin to carry them. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Robb Walsh Co-founder and Board Member of Foodways Texas: The mission of Foodways Texas is to preserve, promote and celebrate the diverse food cultures of Texas. Foodways Texas is headquartered in the American Studies Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. http://foodwaystexas.com/ Restaurateur Partner with chef Bryan Caswell and Bill Floyd in El Real Tex-Mex Cafe ( www.elrealtexmex.com) a vintage Tex-Mex restaurant located in the historic Tower Theater, an art deco cinema built in 1936 in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston. El Real's menu and decor are based in part on recipes and archival research from the Tex-Mex Cookbook. Once called the Indiana Jones of food writers, Texan Robb Walsh has developed a cult of devoted readers who have ridden shotgun with him on his obsessive culinary adventures?from the quest for the perfect cup of coffee, to barbecue battles, to Dr Pepper bootleggers. -Brad Thomas Parsons |
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