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I have no idea who came up with the phrase "as American as apple pie," but I can assure you that no one outside of the U.S. considers apple pie to be as American as Americans think it is.Peanut butter...well, that's a completely different story. I don't think there's anywhere else in the world that uses as much peanut butter as the U.S., if they use it at all. Or if they even know what it is.  Read more >

[NB: I actually started writing this on January 1. I then got distracted.]The Italians have a saying: “Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi.” A rough translation goes something like this: Christmas with your parents (or family), Easter with whomever you want.As a good Italian, A has lived by this rule most of his life. Of the 37 years he’s been on this earth, he has spent 34 with his family. This last Christmas marked only the third year that he was not in Italy with the whole gang.  Read more >