Instead of the laborious process required to make mochi the most traditional way, we offer an easy workaround by using sweet rice flour ("mochiko" in Japanese) to create the same chewy ...

It’s a staple ingredient in recipes for mochi and other desserts, but it’s versatile enough to use in savory dishes too, like rice cakes. Here’s how mochi flour is made, what it tastes like ...

The most important parts of the Japanese text on the front of that package are チョコ ... Kirimochi, meaning “sliced mochi,” is a kind of mochi in which the sticky rice cake is cut into strips and dried, ...

The rice cakes will be shipped mainly to Nagoya and the Tokyo area. Tomiko Nakano, who is 72 years old and has been making hana-mochi since she was in her 30s, said, “It will make me so happy to ...