• Take a look at the cocktail menu at Hog & Rocks, which opens on Sunday. (See the ham and oyster menus here.) [Alcademics]
• Get some yummy lobster rolls from Sam’s ChowderMobile starting today in Golden Gate Park. [Eater]
• Celebrate the Fourth by drinking American booze. [Buzzed]
• What’s in the ‘American foods’ section in a Berlin grocery store? [SFoodie]
• Emeril Lagasse is filming a new twenty-episode series for the Cooking Channel called Fresh Food Fast; it premieres July 10. [USAT]
• White House chefs are embracing fame and turning up on TV shows as ambassadors of the First Family and their enthusiasm for eating well. [AP]
• Following an investigation into the unsanitary preparation methods for airline food, Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the FDA to adopt stricter enforcement policies against airline catering companies. [USAT]
• Chefs in Europe are increasingly growing their own produce or sourcing their ingredients from local farms. [WSJ]
• The top brass at McDonald’s wants the company’s restaurants to stop selling their new smoothies in advance of the July 13 national launch date to avoid any shortages. [WSJ]
