If you’ve never tried Hawaiian butter mochi, you’re in for a treat! This chewy, golden-brown dessert is a delightful fusion ...

We love a nice scented candle, it can really provide some ambiance, but a candle is the last thing we would want our mochi ...

Mochi, a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice, is more than just a nostalgic taste of Japan; the very act of making mochi – a "mochitsuki" – takes on special significance on New Year's Day.

For his Kanto-style recipe, 2000 F&W Best New Chef ... What is mochi? Mochi refers to a type of Japanese cake made with short-grain rice, called mochigome, that’s been steamed, pounded into ...

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.

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).

Check out recipes to make the perfect plum cake at home.(Unsplash) Christmas is incomplete without a freshly-based plum cake, right out of the oven. Every time we host Christmas partes at home ...

For generations of Americans, making fun of fruitcake has been a holiday tradition. Even Sabrina Carpenter cannot resist piling on. "Fruitcake just makes me sick," the pop star intones in a song ...

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 as ...