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Short of Thanksgiving and Christmas, Independence Day ranks pretty high on my personal list of great food holidays. Poised smack dab in the middle of the summer, July 4th<\/sup> brings Americans together to celebrate the land of the free and home of the brave. And, if you\u2019re my family, you also celebrate great food.<\/p>\n

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Each year, our friends and family gather together at our house, mostly because we have a pool (okay, maybe that\u2019s the only<\/em> reason), which keeps the kids busy and the adults happy. Last year, we decided to go with a potluck-style picnic, which prompted me to check our garage for all of our picnic supplies. I looked all around for what I like to call \u201cthe coolest cooler ever\u201d (I swear I coulda been a stand-up comic) but couldn\u2019t find it anywhere. As you can tell by the photo of the cooler bag, you wouldn\u2019t think it would be tough to find in the garage.<\/p>\n

It took 30 minutes of searching to find that it was tucked away behind the blow-up pool toys and endless mess of soccer balls, basketballs and other sporting equipment.<\/p>\n

Anyway, to say that this is the coolest cooler ever ($32 online<\/a>) would be an understatement. With the water-resistant leatherette design, it will keep your food cool, and you looking even cooler. Just don\u2019t lose it in your garage, which is totally uncool.<\/p>\n

Leave a comment on this post, and we will pick one lucky commenter to win this prize!<\/p>\n

UP NEXT: A watermelon worth dying for?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember: All comments left on the blog this month are entered to win our THREE weekly National Watermelon Month July prizes, so comment as often as you\u2019d like!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t forget to enter our 2015 Watermelon Carving Contest! We still need plenty of entries in the \u201cBeginner\u201d category, so all you new carvers should definitely enter for a chance to win. The deadline for entries is 11:59 PM on August 3. There are $4,000 in prizes and the first 25 entrants will receive a Dexas watermelon cutting board<\/a>. Check out the official contest web page<\/a> for categories, judging criteria and how to enter!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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