I first had cheese curds when visiting Madison. From what I can tell, fried cheese curds are preferred in Minnesota while those in Wisconsin eat fresh cheese curds. Fresh cheese curds squeek in your teeth.

&id=30 World Championship Cheese Contest - Wisconsin Cheesemaker's Association. http://www.wischeesemakersassn.org/index.html - but the results are “hidden” in a PDF file at...

with not only a strong pellet-like malt from Wisconsin, but with a vanilla sauce homemade by the owner, Craig. He also kept slipping me all these samples of candy, including malt balls and something called 'Wisconsin fairy candy'...

. That said, most kosher cheeses are of poor quality in terms of flavor and texture. Your best kosher bets, in my humble opinion, are Cabot’s extra sharp Vermont Cheddar, the Sugar River cheeses out of Wisconsin (CRC...

place in Feta, sheep . Surfing Goat Dairy of Maui, placed 3rd in the flavor-added marinated category for their Maui Secret Sicily. Minnesota’s PastureLand Cooperative :butter (2nd place salted, 3rd place unsalted) 1. Wisconsin, 25...

on becoming a regular at one of the producers' farm markets. I go to Dupont Circle, which has a nice mix of locally grown organic and conventional produce and fruits, artisan cheesemakers, and free-range eggs, poultry and meats.

Franklin Peluso has returned to California crafting Franklin’s Teleme At the Cal Poly Creamery, San Luis Obispo. Yes, to all who seek and love this American Treasure. Any questions, I work with the master cheesemaker... Best...

Wisconsin has many master cheese makers) or when all the apples are sourced from Washington when there are hundreds of Great Lake orchards. My local independent market (and Walmart) can find these local guys. Safeway has a bad...

, though nothing like the very old one that a friend brought from her home in Wisconsin, supplied by her retired cheese-maker father. It was incredibly stout and rich, with the kind of crunch effect you get in a good aged...

on Imperial Hwy east of the 110, Master Burger on Western at 44th, and as far as chains go I like The Habit pretty well and think In-N-Out is horribly overrated. In the realm of hamburgers, I’m partial to: Gary Bric’s...

, is arguably the midwestern king of this type of cuisine, and Spiaggia is the place to experience his unique and masterful creations. Being a Wisconsin native, Chef Mantuano builds on a culinary foundation which synthesizes the...

tomatoes for the sauce from italy, mozzzarella from italy and another mozzarella from wisconsin, and then some grana pandana on the pie, then all slicked with high quality olive oil. adnd of course fresh dough, and good crevices...

that (a good expert is Emiko Ohnuki Tierney at University of Wisconsin) white rice in Japan is only a recent phenomenon, introduced by the whiteys, and only around the late 17th century. Before that Japanese ate genmai, brown...

-local fast food menu although I know many people reading this on the coasts are thinking “what the hell is a walleye?” (member of the perch family) And fast food places have mastered the art of screwing up otherwise...

to the best you’ve ever had. Maybe you can get to Montreal more often after you move to Wisconsin, but for me it’s a $500 RT ticket, which makes $2 pretty cheap. I had Tastebud’s bagels several times last year...