The most recognizable rice cake in the West is Japanese mochi, but there is a wide and wonderful world of Asian rice cakes, all possessing symbolic meaning in the context of Lunar New Year. My family ...
As sweet rice steamed at the Grange Hall on Hagen Road Saturday under the watchful eye of Hideko Sugiyama, volunteers stood ready outside to pound it with mallets into rice patties — or “mochi” — to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mas Fujita and his brother Yuki have worked at Sakuraya, the oldest mochi shop in Gardena, since their father started the business ...