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" Fourth of July is the best summer food holiday ever. That means maybe you&amp;#039;re getting a little nervous. Don&amp;#039;t be. To save tedious Google searching, we&amp;#039;ve rounded up everything you need here and elsewhere. The grill: You may not need help with the burgers or the brats, but the folks at Serious Eats have detailed their favorite things to grill, with some interesting non-standard options (banana, kale). On the meatier end of things, there is always, of course, our own 2012 Eat Like a Man Grilling Awards. The drink: You&amp;#039;re going to need to wash down that BBQ with something. Check out Eatocracy&amp;#039;s guide to &amp;quot;patriotic pours,&amp;quot; whatever those are, including helpful tips on which wines won&amp;#039;t get nasty in hot weather. And if you&amp;#039;re looking for stronger libations, look no further than our own Leslie Pariseau&amp;#039;s summer cocktail bible \u2014 pick your liquor and go for it. The boast: We know things can get a little competitive around the Fourth, what with all the &amp;quot;I grill the best hot dogs&amp;quot; comments and such. Well, here&amp;#039;s a piece from Lifehacker that will actually help you grill the best hot dog (hint: it involves a &amp;quot;corkscrew&amp;quot; cut that holds copious condiments) and a video from competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi on how to speed-eat dogs like a pro. If that&amp;#039;s your sort of thing. The diversion: Delish has an only slightly nerdy quiz on all-American food with questions ranging from laughably easy to uncomfortably esoteric. And if you&amp;#039;re the type who prefers answers given to you on a proverbial platter, Gourmet lists the &amp;quot;10 Foods You Didn&amp;#039;t Know Were Born in the U.S.A.&amp;quot; No Springsteen included. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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