The most recognizable rice cake in the West is Japanese mochi, but there is a wide and wonderful world of Asian rice cakes, all possessing symbolic meaning in the context of Lunar New Year. My family ...

This pillow-soft Japanese social media sensation has endless flavours. Here’s your complete guide, including how to make it ...

As sweet rice steamed at the Grange Hall on Hagen Road Saturday under the watchful eye of Hideko Sugiyama, volunteers stood ready outside to pound it with mallets into rice patties — or “mochi” — to ...

This video shows how to make warabi mochi, a soft and chewy Japanese dessert made with bracken starch and dusted with ...

The story of Bainbridge Island’s Mochi Tsuki festival starts in the Okano family’s dry cleaning business. It began when the Nakatas and the Okanos (two Japanese American Bainbridge Island families) ...

You can find mochi ice cream at Japanese restaurants and in the frozen dessert aisle of most grocery stores, often in a range of flavors like strawberry, green tea, chocolate, mango and vanilla. You ...

Americans want mo’ and mo' mochi donuts. Colorful and whimsical, the sweet, exotic treat is a fusion of Japanese and American pastry traditions. Mochi donuts are exploding in popularity here in the ...

INVOLVED IN THE WARNING ON THEIR WEBSITE. PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO CELEBRATED JAPAN DAY TODAY. THE DAY INCLUDED CLASSES AND DEMONSTRATIONS OF JAPANESE FOOD MAKING, MOCHI, THE ART OF FLOWER ...

I grew up in a big, busy city called Mito, north of Tokyo. The week before New Year’s, my mother would prepare osechi ryori, assorted cold dishes for sharing with relatives and friends dropping by to ...