Look for items produced exclusively in your holiday destination but bought by people back home.
Lori Chappell, the fair's marketing director, said officials look for items with the promise of longevity.
Each time you add a location to a search, CLIO will look for items in either location.
At a mom-and-pop place, I look for items made from scratch, which might not be local, but at least you know it's not from a can.
If there are no such items, I look for items that are at least 1 SD below the mean; or items whose percentage score is < 50%.
Look for items kept for a prolonged time on a hot grill or in boiling liquid and removed with clean-looking utensils, (preferably ones resting on the grill or in the hot liquid).
Katherine M. Hite, executive director of the historical society, echoed Ms. Dohrenwend, saying: "We look for items that have intrinsic value and also for the kinds of things that people are not going to find in other places.
But they emphasized that consumers should look for items listed as approved by one of the four main authorities: the Texas Department of Insurance, Miami-Dade County, the Florida Building Code and the International Code Council Evaluation Service.
You can also look for items that fit perfectly in Salem: the house is full of talismans, including small red bags filled with grain, hung on columns to ensure prosperity.
Look for items like hard boiled eggs, cheese sticks, Greek yogurt, turkey jerky, packaged nuts, seaweed chips, packaged olives, individual hummus and guacamole packs, and green leaf salads with grilled chicken.
Annemarieke Weber, the designer of the Vindhek -- a series of fences and kiosks on which passersby can look for items they lost in the city -- says the invention is based on universal values: honesty, respect, the art of looking after your fellow human.
