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 ...

Move over, macarons. Mochi, another colorful mouthful, is taking its turn in the dessert spotlight. Mochi is known for being available in a rainbow array of colors, but its texture, size, and ...

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable ...

Preheat the oven to 275°F. Grease an 8-inch square glass pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the rice flour, sugar, baking powder, and matcha powder.

In Japan, mochi is typically reserved for celebrations such as New Year, Children’s Day, harvests, and weddings. There are records of people eating mochi as far back as the Kofun period (300–538 AD). ...

Mochi is a type of soft and chewy Japanese rice cake. Traditionally, the process of making mochi involves pounding cooked sweet glutinous rice, called mochigome, until it has a soft, Play-Doh-like ...

Made by pounding cooked glutinous short-grained mochi rice, mochi is a sticky Japanese food eaten as a sweet or savory treat. LINA HOSHINO. ARGUS-COURIER COLUMNIST. December 28, 2022.

At the Exhibition Street Japanese restaurant, pastry chef Sayaka Otsu serves house-made mochi with impossibly soft skin and ...

Food-Drink Mochi donuts are colorful, whimsical, Instagrammable: Japanese-American sweet treat trending in US American donut maker conceived delicious deep-fried delight after opening in Japan ...

Freeze-dried food sounds like a recent invention, the sort of thing only made possible and predicated by a combination of the modern era’s high technology and busy lifestyles. But in Japan, they’ve ...

Mochi is a popular food in Japan, especially during the New Year's holiday. Tokyo Fire Department officials advise cutting mochi into small pieces and chewing thoroughly before swallowing.