Super Bowl Snacks, Part VIII: Alcohol and Frozen Food Pairings From Across the Globe

  No other American sporting event brings people together like the Super Bowl.  Whether it’s to cheer for a favorite team, root against a hated player (Kapaernick!), or just to eat food and watch the commercials, we gather collectively and tune in.  In the spirit of unity, Alternative Control has prepared a multicultural Super Bowl… Continue reading Super Bowl Snacks, Part VIII: Alcohol and Frozen Food Pairings From Across the Globe

Super Bowl Snacks, Part VII: For All You Healthy People

  It’s that time of year again…where I use football as an excuse to be glutinous!  But Super Bowl snacks don’t have to be loaded with calories to be tasty.  Here are a couple of vegan, gluten-free snacks that have lots of flavor and are good for you too.  The Chile Lime Mango and Papaya… Continue reading Super Bowl Snacks, Part VII: For All You Healthy People

Let’s Go Down to the Butcher Shop

Yesterday, Saugatuck Craft Butchery hosted Porktoberfest, a celebration of pork, beer, accordions, and more pork.  As a zine about “Metal… And everything else you need to live,” Alternative Control had a grave responsibility to cover this event — after all, who can live without beer and pork?  Or if you’re a vegetarian, beer and accordions? … Continue reading Let’s Go Down to the Butcher Shop

Put it in Your Mouth: Finding Humane Meat in Fairfield County

  Every now and then, I read a depressing article about sows in gestation crates and decide, again, to stop eating industrial meat.  My most recent real attempt was in 2011 and lasted about six months – but I started a new round this weekend and have done quite well, three pieces of salami notwithstanding.… Continue reading Put it in Your Mouth: Finding Humane Meat in Fairfield County

Fall Favorites: All Pumpkin, All the Time

Decisions, decisions... I went for the Smuttynose, haven't cracked the stout yet.

  Alternative Control is trying to bring the nation back to reality by writing about fall… during fall.  No Halloween in August for us; it’s fall until December 20th, so the way I figure, this article is right on time.   One thing I like about living in a place with seasons is that it… Continue reading Fall Favorites: All Pumpkin, All the Time

Smokehouse Sausage Goes Italian

The best thing about Alternative Control?  One minute we’re writing about local metal and the next minute we’re writing about sausages! Broccoli rabe and sausage is one of my all-time favorite meals — so when my husband and I picked up some rabbit and elk sausages (yes, you read that right) on a visit to… Continue reading Smokehouse Sausage Goes Italian

Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi

  If you just want some hot Gekkeikan and a tuna roll, don’t go to Miya’s Sushi.  But if you want an unreplicated sushi experience that is hyperlocal-bordering-on-hipster, this New Haven restaurant is your destination.  My husband and I stopped there for lunch this weekend, enjoying a memorable and debate-inciting meal. The first thing we noticed… Continue reading Miya’s: No Ordinary Sushi