Boston Fruit Slices, a small company with 23 employees, says that the now-closed H.W. Powers Candy Co., once on Medford Street in Boston, was the first business to make and sell fruit slices in the ...

The ritual Passover meal requires each participant to eat matzo, drink four cups of wine and — in many Jewish households — end the feast with some really questionable candy. Ring gels, fruit slices, ...

As I gazed at the Passover aisle in the supermarket, a scene from “Apollo 13” flashed before my eyes. Tom Hanks and his crew are stranded above the moon with a rapidly depleting supply of oxygen and ...

Editor’s note: The original version of this story was published on May 5, 2016. As I gazed at the Passover aisle in the supermarket, a scene from Apollo 13 flashed before my eyes. Tom Hanks and his ...