Mochi-related deaths have come to haunt Japan again. The delicious rice cake, which is an integral part of the country’s New Year celebrations, turned fatal as two people choked to death. Despite ...

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 ...

NIKKO – Priests pounded mochi rice cakes in a wooden mortar at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture on Saturday, the day of the winter solstice. As part of a traditional event, priests dressed ...

This is mochi, or rice cake, formed into a round shape to represent a mirror (kagami), one of the three sacred treasures, and displayed at New Year as an offering to the New Year gods (toshigami).

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Cooks can get into a festive mood with the Christmas snowflake cake and can be decorated with easy-to-make frosting. There are seven steps bakers need to follow and the recipe doesn’t require ...

SINGAPORE – Over the past six months, there has been much ado about everything mochi – that sticky Japanese rice cake made of sweet glutinous rice. Usually filled with fruit or stuffed with ...