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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.

It’s a staple ingredient in recipes for mochi and other desserts, but it’s versatile enough to use in savory dishes too, like rice cakes. Here’s how mochi flour is made, what it tastes like ...

The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urging elderly people to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes during the New Year holidays. The appeal is made every year ...

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.

An elderly woman died and five other people were in serious condition in the Tokyo area after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes between Jan. 1 and 3, the Tokyo Fire Department said.

The process of Mochitsuki begins with putting steamed rice in a large wooden mortar, called an usu, the steamed rice is then ...

TOKYO -- Can eating "mochi" rice cake and "daifuku" mochi filled with sweet bean paste help you avoid the restroom? Recently, a curious piece of advice has been circulating on social media as a ...