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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Local Preppers Get Airtime on CBS News

    As our recent cover story about local survivalists, or "preppers," was going to press, we learned that one of the main characters in the story, Hollywood-based agricultural consultant Chris Petrovich, had been interviewed by the CBS affiliate up in West Palm Beach.So treat yourself to the TV station ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Confessions of a Meat-Eating Vegetarian

    I recently accepted an offer to judge a burger competition, as I do from time to time.  Recently, our food critic Melissa McCart asked me a question about the deep, dark secret I usually keep from Clean Plate Charlie readers, "you're a vegetarian. How are you going to judge burgers?"Allow me to ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 8, 2012

    Here's Why Florida Seafood Restaurants Fill Menus With Foreign Fish

    I recently accepted an offer to judge a burger competition, as I do from time to time.  Recently, our food critic Melissa McCart asked me a question about the deep, dark secret I usually keep from Clean Plate Charlie readers, "you're a vegetarian. How are you going to judge burgers?"Allow me to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    Python Destruction of Everglades May Be Overhyped

    ​At the end of January, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study suggesting that Burmese pythons were decimating mammal populations in the Everglades. The numbers were shocking: a 99 percent decline in raccoon sightings, a 98 percent drop in opossum  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Burmese Pythons Can Survive in Saltwater. Damn.

    ​As if snakes large enough to swallow -- or at least try to swallow -- alligators in the Everglades aren't frightening enough, U.S. Geological Survey researchers delivered a bit of unsettling news this week about Burmese pythons. These massive beasts can't be held back by saltwater. The resea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Toubab Krewe on Jam Cruise, West Africa, and a New Album

    ​The talented members of Toubab Krewe play not only traditional rock instruments but also traditional African ones. These include noisemakers you've probably never seen in your life: the soku, kamelengoni, and kora. The band is composed of white dudes who marry West African sounds with Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    Food Ark: Seeds We Need to Survive

    flckr/aftabHow well do you know your seeds? (These are coriander) No worries, only the future of civilization depends on it.​We're talking survivor. No, not the reality show! The real deal. This month, National Geographic examines the future food supply in a project called Food Ark. The article ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Vegalicious Recipe Scholarship Contest: Deadline Friday

    ​In junior high, my best friend accompanied me to a science fair where one student's experiment surrounded around what happens when you put a mouse and a snake in the same small glass case. I'll spare you the slow motion National Geographic details and just tell you that the snake eventu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Interview with Chef Charles Coe - Part I

    ​Chef Charles Coe has over 20 years experience behind the burner. Coe graduated Valedictorian from Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, was appointed Head Chef at Marrriott's Boston Copley Place. He has worked in various FLorida kitchens, most recently as Executive Chef a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Five Suggestions for Your Severe Weather Awareness Week Posters

    Flickr: dmguzMake sure to use a cool lightning graphic on your poster.​Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross want you to participate in the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Week.They want you to make a poster for each day of the awareness week (January 31 to February 4 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2010

    Loitering in the Library

    Flickr: dmguzMake sure to use a cool lightning graphic on your poster.​Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross want you to participate in the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Week.They want you to make a poster for each day of the awareness week (January 31 to February 4 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    Shaka, Brah!

    Flickr: dmguzMake sure to use a cool lightning graphic on your poster.​Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross want you to participate in the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Week.They want you to make a poster for each day of the awareness week (January 31 to February 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Delray's KoffeeOkee to Be Setting for Addiction Documentary

    Until lately, Dr. Harold Jonas didn't have a demand problem. He had attracted so much national interest for the counseling and training services he offered through Sober.com, the real problem was supplying those services to struggling addicts and aspiring recovery specialists who for financial reas ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    The Hunt for Haleigh Cummings Could Bring Down a Badass Bounty Hunter

    Until lately, Dr. Harold Jonas didn't have a demand problem. He had attracted so much national interest for the counseling and training services he offered through Sober.com, the real problem was supplying those services to struggling addicts and aspiring recovery specialists who for financial reas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2009

    Sun-Sentinel: Corruption Is Suddenly ... Everywhere!

    Jennifer Gollan had a nice little scoop about elected officials' travel that centered on mayors Richard Kaplan, Joy Cooper, and Frank Ortis billing hundreds of dollars to stay at a hotel for a convention in Miami -- all of about 30 miles away. Nothing earth-shattering, but a sweet daily&nb ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Hog Huntin'

    A lost art or a horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the hunter.

  • Music

    October 23, 2008

    Primate on the Rocks

    In a Wilton Manors bar, the monkeys are cool and the Cocksuckers are creamy

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2008

    More Punishment From Lee Abrams

    In a Wilton Manors bar, the monkeys are cool and the Cocksuckers are creamy

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Shark Huggers

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Cheat Sheet to Langerado

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    I Wonder Where That Fish Did Go?

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007
  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007
  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Bulldozers Gone Wild

    Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!

  • News

    February 16, 2006

    Letters for February 16, 2006

    Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Shoot This

    Bad, CRA! Bad, Bad CRA!

  • Culture

    November 17, 2005

    Bugs Are Beautiful

    Even Wilma couldn't dim all the bright, kicky art at the Gateway

  • Film

    November 3, 2005

    Don't Just Animate Me

    Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Listings for the week of November 3-9,2005

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Letters for July 21-27, 2005

    Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Listings for the week of November 3-9,2005

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Travel Bugs

    Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Listings for the week of November 3-9,2005

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2005

    Foto Confusion

    Zillions of hotshot photographers storm into town

  • Culture

    August 19, 2004

    Now on Display

    Zillions of hotshot photographers storm into town

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Now On Display

    Zillions of hotshot photographers storm into town

  • Culture

    August 5, 2004

    Now On Display

    Zillions of hotshot photographers storm into town

  • Culture

    July 22, 2004

    Now on Display

    Zillions of hotshot photographers storm into town

  • Culture

    July 15, 2004

    Woman Rediscovered

    A well-known photograph resurfaces in Boca

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2004

    Wet Dreams

    A well-known photograph resurfaces in Boca

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    A well-known photograph resurfaces in Boca

  • Culture

    July 24, 2003

    Existential Kitty

    Mad Cat delves a little deeper when it explores a self-centered writer/director about town

  • Music

    April 3, 2003

    Island Man

    Chris Blackwell moves into the digi-web-world-global-video age

  • Film

    July 18, 2002

    Subpar

    Kathryn Bigelow's Widowmaker cruises in a mediocre sea

  • Calendar

    June 22, 2000

    Who's Zaloomin' Who?

    Paul Zaloom performs Velvetville

  • Calendar

    June 15, 2000

    A Stroke of Computer Genius

    The exhibition "Ernesto Rodriguez/Rick Novak"

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2000

    Dem Bones

    International Dinosaur Symposium

  • Calendar

    February 19, 1998

    Night & Day

    February 19-25, 1998

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