The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice. The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed. Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice ...

Mochi is a popular Japanese dessert. These round, colorful confections are made from dough wrapped around ice cream—hence why ...

The chefs of Otowasan Kannonji Temple teach us how to make sankirai mochi rice cakes! This delicious treat is the head nun's specialty! Simply knead rice flour, wrap in sankirai leaves and steam.

But what sets butter mochi apart from your typical sponge cake is the use of a very special ingredient: mochiko flour, also known as glutinous rice flour or sweet rice flour. Baking with glutinous ...

SINGAPORE – Over the past six months, there has been much ado about everything mochi – that sticky Japanese rice cake made of sweet glutinous rice. Usually filled with fruit or stuffed with ...

Nine people have choked to death eating mochi rice cakes over the New Year period in Japan, despite warnings to chew slowly on this favorite treat. At least 128 people were taken to hospital ...

Four women in their 80s died in Tokyo after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes, which are traditionally eaten at the start of the New Year, Tokyo’s Fire Department said. They were among 16 ...

Although there are numerous types of rice-based cakes around the world, in the U.S., we mostly think of rice cakes as circular discs made from puffed rice. Interestingly, this unassuming snack ...

The rice cakes will be shipped mainly to Nagoya and the Tokyo area. Tomiko Nakano, who is 72 years old and has been making hana-mochi since she was in her 30s, said, “It will make me so happy to ...

The rice cakes used for this dish shouldn’t be mistaken for the chewy ones made of pounded rice that are similar in texture to mochi. Sizzling rice cakes are light and crisp, and you can see ...

"Warabi mochi" will make a fine "cake" for the tea party under the cherry blossoms Nobuko is planning. 03:46 She and Makoto head to a shop specializing in Hida Shunkei lacquerware in Takayama City.