January 26, 2014
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…
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January 21, 2014
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…
November 11, 2013
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…
November 8, 2013
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…
October 13, 2013
Fall Favorites: All Pumpkin, All the Time
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…
August 15, 2013
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…
June 24, 2013
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…