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 ...

Everybody loves mochi ice cream. But if you’re staying in more often, it might be a little harder to get your hands on the summer treat. Luckily you can make mochi at home with this DIY mochi ice ...

When a chef says they put their blood, sweat, and tears into their work, we hope they don’t mean literally. Mochi masters may actually mean it literally. To create the sweet, chewy Japanese delicacy, ...

Volunteers Jared Delmas and his father Erich Delmas pound rice with large mallets as part of the process of making mochi at Livingston United Methodist Church in Livingston on Saturday December 28, ...

Made by pounding cooked glutinous short-grained mochi rice, mochi is a sticky Japanese food eaten as a sweet or savory treat. Mochi is to Japanese people what latkes are for Jewish people, or black ...

WAILUA — James Yamamoto said the young people come because of what takes place after mochitsuki, or mochi pounding. Yamamoto was one of more than 20 families, some coming from Honolulu and Maui, to ...

Make mochi donuts at home! This easy recipe creates delicious homemade strawberry glazed mochi donuts, perfect for a sweet treat.

The annual mochi Tsuki sale doesn’t raise much money, organizers said, but the traditions the rice pounding builds are priceless. “I think we get around $2,500 from mochi – that’s net. If you put the ...