Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued warnings about annually. Eating mochi on and around the New Year is ...

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.

Other dishes may come and go, but certain recipes always have a place on the holiday table. By Khushbu Shah Jane Matsumoto’s family is so eager to eat their annual ozoni that they gather around ...

In another custom called mochitsuki, friends and family spend the day before New Year’s pounding mochi rice cakes. Sweet, glutinous rice is washed, soaked, steamed and pounded into a smooth mass.

HILO, Hawaii (KHON2) — For many Japanese families, mochi pounding is a New Year’s tradition as it is meant to bring good fortune and longevity. One Hilo family has been doing it for a century.

And it’s on that first day that you make something hot: ozoni, a special New Year’s soup with a dashi or miso broth, vegetables, and a little meat or fish cake, topped with grilled mochi.

Ferrero mochi bomboloncini. Lam’s recipe is a reinterpretation of her mom’s jian dui, which also makes an appearance during the new year. “These fried sesame balls are typically served at ...

The new year might just be getting started but another ... out a favorite Japanese treat because of a packaging mishap. My Mochi Peach Mango Sorbet is being recalled due to the possibility that ...

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).