“When in Modena, if you ask someone what is the best vinegar ever, the answer is easy: ‘Mine.’” So says Cristina Sereni, laughing. Sereni is a former master taster of traditional balsamic vinegar and the director of the Museum of Traditional Balsamic Vinegar. If you are a casual fan of balsamic vinegar, I may have…

It was a moment that none of us will ever forget. Arriving by train in Tuscany, our transfer to a local bus was far more difficult that any of us had imagined. Despite the help of online maps and a rather rigorous pre-trip research process undertaken by my sister, Lisa, we were left, bewildered, with…

Moderna said its Japanese distributor will recall doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan after an investigation revealed that stainless steel contaminants were discovered in some vials. Last week, Japanese health regulators suspended the use of three Moderna COVID-19 vaccine batches containing about 1.63 million doses after the contamination issue was discovered. On Wednesday, the…