Food traditions come and go, and can change depending on region or culture. Take a look at food customs that are not as ...

Exploring Christmas desserts from varying cultures offers a unique look at how the same holiday can taste very different ...

Japanese cuisine is one of the most popular global cuisines and there's no better way to enjoy your favorite dishes than by ...

It was born in the late 19th century in Columbus, Georgia, when Americus native Emma Rylander Lane baked it for a county fair ...

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But baking can also be catharsis for more volatile feelings: The term “rage baking” was popularized by writer Tangerine Jones ...

Half-naked men braved the winter cold to energetically pound sticky rice into mochi, or rice cakes, at a temple in northeastern Japan's Yamagata Prefecture. Legend has it that a bumper harvest ...

Elementary school students in central Japan have been taught how to craft a traditional New Year ornament synonymous with the region -- rice cakes resembling flowers. The hanamochi ornaments are red ...

A Vietnamese man traveling through Ho Chi Minh City found himself stuffed and stressed at the airport after learning he could not bring more than 130 shrimp-and-pork tapioca cakes banh bot loc into ...

NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western island started making the treat that has thrived in ...