Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lunar New Year is celebrated with different foods depending on the culture, but across the Asian diaspora, there is one food in ...

Every year, Japan’s national police and emergency response services issue public warnings to be careful when eating mochi rice cakes, the sticky, sweet traditional delicacy served to celebrate the new ...

A sticky New Year's tradition has reportedly claimed another life in Japan -- but if the elderly woman was the only casualty, it marks an improvement on previous years. Japan Today reports that a ...

Officials urge cutting the mochi into smaller pieces, chewing slowly and close supervision to prevent suffocation A cherished New Year’s tradition turned deadly in Japan’s capital as a Tokyo Fire ...

With the end of one year, and the beginning of another, comes the annual Japanese-American mochitsuki - or mochi-making - tradition. The small, pounded rice cakes -- eaten as a sweet dessert and ...

Mochi Rice: 2 cups mocha-sweet rice (steamed as directions) ¼ cup minced char siu ¼ cup minced lup chong 1/8 cup diced onion 1 tsp. garlic 1 tsp. ginger 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil 1/8 cup shrimp-pork ...

Soft, chewy, and blushing pink—this easy raspberry mochi recipe is a playful, bite-sized dessert you can whip up at home.

An elderly woman died and five other people were in serious condition in the Tokyo area after choking on “mochi” sticky rice cakes between Jan. 1 and 3, the Tokyo Fire Department said. Nine people ...