Think your mac and cheese has what it takes to be the best? Brewster Cheese and The Stockton Chamber of Commerce presents: Think your mac and cheese has what it takes to be the best? Put your recipe to the test by entering our community wide Better With Brewster, Macaroni and Cheese Bake Off! Dec. 3rd, during the Christmas Walk! For more information go to the Chamber website at http://www.stocktonil.com/ Win one of three titles: 1st Place, 2nd place, and Kids choice! Prizes to be awarded by the chamber and Brewster Cheese!

What: Stockton’s first annual “Better with Brewster” Macaroni and Cheese Bake Off When: Dec. 3rd From 10am to 3pm Where: Stockton Museum annex How: email your registration information to jm-lemon@wiu.edu or register in person at several local area businesses Who: you! Make your best ever mac & Cheese, and then hand over the crockpot Community tasting and judging to be held Dec. 3rd, from 10am to 3pm, during the Stockton Christmas walk

Registration Information:   Thank you for choosing to participate in Stockton’s First Annual Better with Brewster, Macaroni and Cheese Bake Off! The following information is what is needed in order to ensure you have a spot on our display table in the Museum, and must be filled out and returned to jm-lemon@wiu.edu by November 30th! To fill this out, simply copy and paste the information into an email, type it out, and send it over! (An additional note—we would encourage you to name your dish something other than “Mom’s Mac and Cheese.” Feel free to get as wild as you like! For example, The Cheesinator, I Dream of Cheesie, or Mac is Whack are all viable options.) *Name of Participant: *Age of Participant: *Phone Number: *Name of Dish: Optional Information to be used in Press Releases: Is this a family recipe? If so, how long has it been in your family? Would you like to include a favorite memory or moment attached to this macaroni and cheese?

Logistics: 1 Register your dish Before the Christmas Walk How? By emailing the required information to jm-lemon@wiu.edu (copying and pasting the questions into an email and then filling in the answers is perfect!) Or by filling out a registration form in person at any local area business. Try Sullivan's, local banks, Stella’s, Ace Hardware, and more! Needed by Nov. 30th! The Night before or the day of: Make your fabulous macaroni and cheese. You do no have to use a certain brand of cheese or noodle. Just do you!

Logistics: 2 Where do I bring my dish? Transfer it to a Crockpot (to keep it warm), and bring your dish to the Stockton Heritage Museum no later than 10:00am on Saturday, December 3rd. We will have space for it so long as you have preregistered. What then? Stay if you like! There will be macaroni crafts for the kids, and tastings will be held until 1:30pm. Enjoy the other Christmas Walk festivities!

Logistics: 3 Is there judging? What do I win? There are three winning categories—First place, Second place, and Kids Choice. Winners will be announced at 2:00pm, with prize baskets and macaroni crowns awarded soon after. When it’s all over? Pick up your dish by 3:00pm and take it (and maybe your prize!) home.