Calling saffron "the world's most expensive spice," a BBC article: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37581228/ looks into what's involved in raising and harvest saffron in New England's ski-centric state of Vermont. So perhaps we'll have our choice of imported-from-Afghanistan or domestically-produced saffron. Paella for all! Fahrenheit Judy in the Garden State, where our weather is gleefully flip-flopping from nighttime lows of 9 degrees Fahrenheit to a daytime high of 59 degrees fahrenheit a week later