Say goodbye to red dye no. 5—these scarlet suckers are naturally colored with dried hibiscus flowers. Lollipops owe their clarity and hardness to a lengthy cook time; the resulting evaporation allows ...

I didn’t really know much about the American tradition of celebrating Halloween when I was growing up in Austria in the 1950s. Around the same time of year, we observed Seleenwoche (All Souls’ Week).