Email AuthorBrandon K. Thorp
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Texas Barbecue Addiction and the Equivalent (or Lack Thereof) in South Florida
December 28, 2011 in Clean Plate Charlie
Photos by Robert SietsemaThis is where the barbecue addiction begins.?Right around 9 o'clock last night, a cheer was raised in the kitchen. The overworked FedEx folk had finally delivered the...
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Raw vs. Cooked Seafood: A Debate Better Had Before This Happens
December 19, 2011 in Clean Plate Charlie
Are one of these the culprit??Last week, I bought one bad clam, along with approximately a hundred of its siblings, from a perfectly respectable (and totally blameless) fish monger. The...
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Jack Daniels Chicken: An Accidental Discovery and, Also, a Near-Death Experience
December 09, 2011 in Clean Plate Charlie
Do not let this guy near an open flame.?To the neophyte cook, is there any object more suspect, more chock-full of dangers unknown, than a thick, raw chicken breast?An experienced...
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How a Rice Cooker Saved Me From a Lifetime of Prostitution
December 02, 2011 in Clean Plate Charlie
Elsewhere in the world, rice cookers are sexy. ?Cooking is hard, or so I was brought up to believe. I wasn't told this but rather deduced it from two facts:...
Thanksgiving Stingray, and Other Culinary Stories from Ex-Pat Roommates
November 22, 2011 in Clean Plate Charlie
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Traitor to Detroit?
Politics, If You Can Call It That
June 01, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Marco Rubio's Insufferable, Preening Religiosity
Politics, If You Can Call It That
May 31, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
What Will "Da Real One" Bell Sounded Like
May 30, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
The $1.35 Million Joint
May 30, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Allen West's No-B.S. Weekend: Disses Bush, Palin
May 30, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
No Budget for Sadism: Arthur G. Dozier Boys' School to Close
May 30, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Nicole Sandler Won't Be Prosecuted for Doing Allen West's Bidding
May 28, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
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Is Rick Scott Obama's Best Chance for Reelection?
May 27, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Those cool, amphibian eyes.?What a weird ride it's been for poor Rick Scott! He came into office with hardly any pretense, with his intentions as plainly visible as the veins...
An Apology To Scotty McCreery, The New American Idol
May 26, 2011 in County Grind
Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz a Self-Hating Jew? (Part Deux!)
May 26, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
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Is Debbie Wasserman Schultz a Self-Hating Jew?
May 26, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Debbie Wasserman Schultz?Oh, probably not. But such insinuations are the stuff of American politics in 2011. This particular insinuation is part of the fallout from Obama's speech on the Middle...
American Idol Finale: A Hollywood Tragedy
May 25, 2011 in County Grind
Obama Hates Israel, According to Allen West
May 25, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Tax Money Siphoned Off to Religious Schools That Champion Theocracy
May 24, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Marco Rubio Rescues Orphans
May 23, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
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Practitioners of Quack Autism Treatment in Trouble With Governor
May 23, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
David Geier, (not an) MD.?Two weeks ago, the Pulp published a small item about Mark and David Geier -- a father-son team of self-proclaimed autism experts who treat the condition...
Four Thoughts for Islamophobes
May 21, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
Idol Eliminatin Recap: Goodbye, Haley. Hello, Boring!
May 20, 2011 in County Grind
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Allen West on Gross Politicization (Speaking of Which: Why's His Daughter Using the "F" Word?)
May 19, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
?Allen West's opposition to Barack Obama's "draft executive order" continued in his Weekly Wrapup, in which he wrote this:However, an issue surfaced which could undermine the very fabric of who...
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The Unfortunate Lesbians of Blanche Ely High School
May 19, 2011 in The Daily Pulp
?Last week, the principal of Blanche Ely High School, Mr. Karlton Johnson, hauled an interracial lesbian couple into his office and threatened to suspend them for holding hands in the...
