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We here at Dibs embrace the "local" — local food, local customs, local products, local styles. Everything that's interesting or tasty in this world was originally the specialty of some specific region, however small.

But wouldn't life be boring if everyone was limited to experiencing only their own local specialties, and no others? The joy of life in the 21st century is that now we can all experience local delicacies and eccentricities not just from nearby but from around the globe.

While we admire those who strive to be true "locavores" and consume only products grown or made right where they live, in many parts of the world that's not feasible: Who wants to survive on moose meat and parsnips for half the year? Even here in farm-rich California, we often crave delights found only half a world away.

Dibs seeks to globalize the local, to celebrate our planet's dazzling multitudes of sights, sounds, flavors and wonders, without losing what makes each one of these unique.

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Archive for April, 2009

Before It Washes Up on the Beach

Published on April 29, 2009

Beachcombing feels romantic and random. But actual science applies to beachcombing, as it does to nearly everything. In his new book Flotsametrics: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science, oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer and maritime writer Eric Scigliano detail Ebbesmeyer’s research on currents and “gyres,” the circular patterns that objects follow [...]

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That’s Life

Published on April 28, 2009

Sooner or later, most books leave the hands of their original purchasers and enter the secondhand (or thirdhand, or zillionthhand) realm. Nonetheless, even though it’s inevitable, most authors find it a bit painful to imagine their books for sale at thrift shops and yard sales. Minnesota author Leif Enger told the Austin Daily Herald how it [...]