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

Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the ...

The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice. The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed. Mochi-pounding at a shrine in Tokyo The resulting sticky rice ...

Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.

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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A free mochi-tuski rice cake-pounding event will be held at the Kingston Pop-Up Shop & Cafe at 10 Cedar St. on Saturday, Dec. 28, from 2-4 p.m. The organizers said the mochi ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year’s tradition that authorities have issued ...