By Lori Fredrich Senior Food Writer, Dining Editor, Podcast Host Published Jul 01, 2016 at 2:31 PM

If you don't love cheese, look away from the screen right now. But if you do, you're going to want to keep reading all the way to the end of this article.

Why?

Because that's where I'm going to tell you how to win an awesome box of cheese curd paraphernalia just like the one you see up there (the box includes a big bag of fresh cheese curds, two cheese coozies, a T-shirt, a magnet and a coupon for buy one, get one free cheese curds from Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, the official "cheese curd capital of Wisconsin").

But first things first: If you call yourself a Wisconsinite, you owe it to yourself to head over and visit EatCurds.com, "the only resource committed to helping you find and devour this delightfully squeaky snack."

The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has really outdone themselves with this site, which focuses on everything you ever wanted to know about cheese curds. Like a tutorial on how cheese curds are made. Or how about information on how to keep your curds fresh or what some of the best places are to find them?

You can also check out delicious cheese curd recipes like: 

I know you're getting hungry just thinking about it.

But before you head off to Clock Shadow Creamery to get yourself a bag of freshly made cheese curds, be sure to enter the contest.

Winners (94 of them total) will be randomly selected daily all summer long. However, the contest ends Sept. 21, so enter now!

Lori Fredrich Senior Food Writer, Dining Editor, Podcast Host

Lori is an avid cook whose accrual of condiments and spices is rivaled only by her cookbook collection. Her passion for the culinary industry was birthed while balancing A&W root beer mugs as a teenage carhop, fed by insatiable curiosity and fueled by the people whose stories entwine with each and every dish. She’s had the privilege of chronicling these tales via numerous media, including OnMilwaukee and in her book “Milwaukee Food.” Her work has garnered journalism awards from entities including the Milwaukee Press Club. In 2024, Lori was honored with a "Top 20 Women in Hospitality to Watch" award by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association.

When she’s not eating, photographing food, writing or recording the FoodCrush podcast, you’ll find Lori seeking out adventures with her husband Paul, traveling, cooking, reading, learning, snuggling with her cats and looking for ways to make a difference.