Mitsuo Nakatani is a mochi master, and to watch him do his work is a genuine thrill. Turning sticky rice into Japan's traditional soft and chewy treat requires pounding, flipping and smashing the ...

Most Americans likely only have a passing familiarity with mochi, the sweet, chewy Japanese treat made from rice. Here, it’s often seen filled with ice cream (or as a self-serve fro-yo topping), but ...

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 ...

At three pounds per second, it only takes mochi maker Mitsuo Nakatani, two minutes to serve up one of the tastiest mochi you'll ever taste in Japan. Mochi is a Japanese chewy sweet treat made from ...

With the end of one year, and the beginning of another, comes the annual Japanese-American mochitsuki - or mochi-making - tradition. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Growth Snacker: Barnett helped launch the My/Mo mochi ice cream brand. Taking a Japanese-inspired dessert popular in specialty stores and Asian grocers, and putting it into thousands of mainstream ...

Growing up in Columbus, but born in Hatsukaichi, Japan, mochi wasn’t just a treat-it was a slice of my heritage that I carried with me like the curls in my hair and the ink on my skin. My fondness for ...