In Italy, alcohol is rarely consumed on its own. Even in the humblest bar, if you order an aperitivo, you’ll get some peanuts and potato chips. When hosting an aperitivo, be sure to set out some salty ...

It's September 1943, and American and Allied forces are advancing up the Italian Peninsula. Army Pvt. William Crawford is the squad scout for I company, 142nd Infantry Regiment, near Altavilla, Italy.

and an Italian in Italy can never be foreign.” In the 18th century, the Italian peninsula was fractured into parts controlled by different nations. A century later, the notion of a united Italy ...