My first snarky response was: "Do they also track beef prices?"

But yes, they do (sort of): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Beef-prices

But then I wondered if those pages were auto-generated, so I tried other things: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Taco-prices

Ok, how about non-food: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Obama-prices

Yeah, it's kind of free form: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Why-Am-I-A-Pickle

The first time you specify something unique, it takes a little bit to load, but then it's caching it.

I found it by searching Google. I think the articles it lists illustrate my wider point that onion prices are a concern to multi-billions of people.

This was probably in response to the onion crisis a few years back when onions were more expensive than gasoline

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Petrol-cheaper-t...

Yeah calling onion a condiment is pretty crazy, Onion is the basis of a huge amount of cuisine.

Not in America in the 1950s.