Baked Alaska Florida" in 1894, apparently referring to the contrast between its cold and hot elements. The dish is also known as an "omelette à la norvégienne" or "Norwegian omelette", which similarly refers to the cold climate of Norway. The dish is made of ice cream placed in a pie dish lined with slices of sponge cake or Christmas pudding, and topped with meringue. The entire dessert is then placed in an extremely hot oven for a brief time, long enough to firm and caramelize the meringue. In 1969, the recently invented microwave oven enabled Hungarian gastrophysicist Nicholas Kurti to produce a
Norwegian Joy Norwegian Joy Norwegian Joy is a cruise ship for Norwegian Cruise Line, which entered service in April 2017. She was built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. Being a component of Norwegian's "Breakaway Plus" class, "Norwegian Joy" is a sister ship to the "Norwegian Escape", which was completed in October 2015. The ship was originally going to be named the "Norwegian Bliss." The original name for the ship was selected through an online contest hosted by Norwegian Cruise line. The construction of the "Norwegian Joy" started on 16 September 2015. It was announced on 12 October 2015, that the ship