In Mr. Food today... Our local markets may be stocking more food from around the globe than we'd expect. Mr. Food has the scoop.....Summer's ripe with All-American bashes from Memorial Day and the Fourth of July through Labor Day. But are the foods we're stocking up on to serve now and all year-round equally all-American? Not always. Although many of us try to buy items produced in the U.S.A., we may be surprised to find out that some ingredients in them are imported. So if this is a concern of yours, read the labels. But if not for imports, many popular foods would not be available year-round. At our produce counters, imports allow us the chance to enjoy the cream of the crop when certain favorites aren't in season here. Blueberries grow like wildfire in the States in summer but, in our winter, they will be coming in from Chile, where it's summertime. Now, these bananas, on the other hand, only grow in Latin and South America; there is no American counterpart here. Our coffee and tea are mostly imported, with Brazil, Colombia and Mexico supplying the coffee, and Asian nations and Africa being the tea source. As for where that fresh catch was netted or reeled in? Some will be local or U.S. farm-raised but, the truth is, over 75% of our fish counter is stocked with imported varieties - again, to give us year-round options. Then, of course, some things always hold true to the red, white and blue, like milk, butter and eggs. Our chicken and potatoes, lettuce, and carrots are coming from U.S. farms. But whether our food is "born in the U.S.A." or shipped here, we always benefit because today we have so many choices of "OOH IT'S SO GOOD!! (R) "