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.

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

The most important parts of the Japanese text on the front of that package are チョコ, “chocolate,” and 餅, “mochi,” but the whole thing translates to Delicious Chocolate Kirimochi to Bake.” Kirimochi, ...

In the bitter cold of a Wyoming winter, behind barbed wire and watchtowers, Japanese American families imprisoned at the ...

“Mochi is a Japanese rice cake made from sweet glutinous rice, and it is naturally gluten-free," explains Danny Taing, owner and founder of Bokksu, a snack box subscription service specializing ...

A traditional Japanese pastry, mochi has gained in popularity in recent years thanks to its original and even reinvented recipes. Gluten-free, with a gooey texture and filled with sweet ...

consortium of Japanese American confectionaries —hope to keep up with. Mochi has traditionally been made by pounding steamed rice in a large wooden mortar. The old-school style of using your ...

Instead of the laborious process required to make mochi the most traditional way, we offer an easy workaround by using sweet rice flour ("mochiko" in Japanese) to create the same chewy ...

When the mochi finished grilling ... But for me, and most Japanese people, so much memory is involved — everybody has a story about ozoni. — Takashi Yagihashi When I was in my 20s, I came ...

BUT STEP INSIDE AND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS THESE COLORFUL MOCHI DONUTS. PIONEERED IN JAPAN AND NOW MADE FRESH DAILY BY PON DE JOY OWNER HEATHER KIM. HEY YOU! WHAT ARE MOCHI DONUTS?

Two people in Japan have died and seven others had to be taken to hospitals after choking on mochi, a sweet rice cake that can prove difficult to swallow if not thoroughly chewed. In just the ...