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 ...

Mochi, the soft and chewy Japanese rice cake, became one of the biggest food trends of 2025. Thanks to TikTok, this traditional treat turned into a global sensation, with millions discovering its ...

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 first ...

Since I started working at BA, I’ve worried that my colleagues suspect I’m operating for the mochi lobby (“Big Mochi”), pushing the “Mochi Agenda” at every opportunity with recipes, story ideas, and ...

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 will be ...

Rachel Yang describes herself as a Korean chef who doesn't cook Korean food. The four restaurants — three in Seattle plus Revelry in Portland — she co-owns with husband Seif Chirchi are not Korean ...

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They are round, sweet...and deadly. Japan's festive treat known as mochi has killed two people who suffocated on the rice cakes traditionally served on New Year's Day. Seven others were listed in ...

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Over Rice is bringing the first mochi doughnuts to Ellicott City. Combining the bouncy and chewy texture of mochi — a Japanese rice cake — and the fresh flavor of poke, the new restaurant in the ...