Word: sobe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have seen them at your local sandwich shop or supermarket: exotic-looking, oversize bottles and sleek cans with names like SoBe Wisdom, Fresh Samantha's Super Juice and Mystic Potions. Their labels are meant to suggest either New Age healing powers or the latest in scientific nutrition, and they carry prices to match: about $2 for 14 ounces of SoBe's latest line...
Miami's South Beach is the center of the gourmet trend. Less than five years ago, SoBe's Ocean Drive had just one restaurant; now more than 35 bars, restaurants and cafes dot the beach, the best being Norman Van Aken's coolly modern A Mano. Regulars at the year-old hot spot dig into Vietnamese spring rolls with seared, black sesame seed-coated swordfish, or rum-painted grouper with a tangy-sweet mango mojo and crispy plantain curl. "The idea is for chefs trained in Old World methods to use New World ingredients," Van Aken says...