Floribbean/New World/Gold Coast/Nuevo Latino/ Nuevo Cubano/Fusion

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   The New York Post has a Florida edition, so it perhaps knows the cuisine.
   From the NEW YORK POST, 16 January 2001, pg. 50, col. 2:

_Welcome to the New World of cuisine_
   By JOANN BIONDI
   A blend of classic European techniques, the freshest of exotic ingredients, and a liberal dash of Caribbean and Latin flavorings, New World cuisine continues to be one of the most acclaimed gourmet styles around today.
   Also referred to as Floribbean, Tropical Fusion, and Nuevo Latino, it is fun, vibrant, and surprisingly healthy.  It is also a visual delight.  Some of its staples include melon salad with kumquat dressing, Jamaican jerk rack-of-lamb with mango chutney, corn-crusted snapper, coconut rice, grouper Creole, papaya-carrot cake,and passion fruit sorbet.

   Can't we settle on a name by now?  Like Tex-Mex?
   Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD & DRINK has Nuevo Latino and Fusion, but not Floribbean/Gold Coast/Nuevo Cubano/New World.
   A check of the Dow Jones database for "Floribbean" shows this from THE BATON ROUGE MORNING ADVOCATE, 9-12-1991, pg. 1F

   FLORIBBEAN CUISINE.  Don't try to find the term in Webster's Dictionary or in any of the culinary encyclopedias or reference guides.  Ask Louisianians about it and they'll probably respond, "Flori what?"
   Although it's still too young and trendy now, in the next few months, Floribbean style foods could become one of the most popular cuisines of the '90s.
   (...)  And recent issues of "The New York Times," "Time Magazine" and "The National Culinary Review," a publication of the American Culinary Federation, extol the virtues of the Floribbean trend.
   "Floribbean" is a coined term often used by Florida culinarians to describe a combination of classical cooking techniques with a light, fruity style.  The May 1991 issue of "The National Culinary Review" claims this new world cuisine is inspired by the cultures of South America, Central America and Africa, as well as the Caribbean Islands.

   How could this have been the first Dow Jones hit if "Floribbean" has already been mentioned in the New York Times?

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   I visited the Victory Memorial Hospital today.  David Shulman seemed in good spirits.  When I chatted with the nurses about the twenty-hour wait, no one was shocked.
   Heck, a flight to Australia takes 19 hours, but you get five movies.