Thumb through a few books and you’ll score a no-frills answer: it’s a Japanese rice cake (mochi) with a filling such as sweet ...

When people think of mochi, they often are referring to the traditional balls of pounded rice flour carefully ensconcing some type of condiment — from the traditional red bean paste to other ...

Glutinous rice flour is turned into sticky, chewy dough known as mochi; boiled beans are mashed with sugar into a paste; and then there's jelly or agar-agar, along with seasonal fruits and flowers.

A century-old sweet shop, a cult-status bakery and a homegrown pop-up bring Japanese flavors to the Capital Region ...

If you've ever tried traditional mochi, you've tasted the sweet, reddish-brown paste at the center of the little balls of rice flour. Known as anko, or red bean paste, it's a staple of Japanese ...

Japanese $ $$$ Surrounded by flats on a leafy backstreet in Lane Cove, newcomer Daifuku Sydney Store specialises in its namesake snack made from whole fruit enrobed in red or white bean paste then ...