Traditional mochi is a Japanese rice cake made from pounded glutinous ... Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan or line it with parchment paper for easy removal and cleanup. Mix the dry ingredients ...

To replicate that moment of discovery, I decided to make a mochi using a pureed cooked-vegetable base seasoned with kombu and mochiko, the glutinous rice flour used to make mochi, as a binder.

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 ...

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 ...

Eleven members of the castle's management center gathered in the morning to divide the two glutinous rice cakes, called "kagami mochi ... long were placed in paper bags stamped with images ...