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 ...

Pounding the mochi, along with traditional drumming, dancing and games, again welcomed the new year on Bainbridge.

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Mochi pounding is a way to welcome the New Year, with family togetherness at the heart of the tradition. A local family from Makakilo took on the infamous tradition of mochi pounding and for the Ortiz ...

Mochi brownies are a textural treat. Made with two different kinds of chocolate, they’re intensely rich and decadent, too.

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 ...