Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...

Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the ...

These two intrepid researchers took a long, hard look at a very short recipe, “Black Cake,” written in the ... s kitchen (observed by her cats, Mochi and Nori). There is no sense of how ...

Taste writer Jill Lightner grew her own yuzu (a cold-hardy Japanese citrus) and put her first harvest to delicious use in ...

From Hoppin’ John in the United States to soba noodles in Japan, here’s a tasty sampling of New Year’s food traditions around ...

From a donut that protects against witches to a pastry that will tell your fortune, cultures around the world often start the ...

A recipe for Hoppin’ John appears as early ... friends and family spend the day before New Year’s pounding mochi rice cakes. Sweet, glutinous rice is washed, soaked, steamed and pounded ...

As for that salad — the recipe has evolved ... she’s sourcing the Korean rice cakes from Hansol grocer in Queens. They’ll be at Sunn’s in a tomato-gochujang brown butter sauce topped ...

During the holiday season, cookies and cakes arrive hot out of the oven faster almost ... Daifuku mochi,” and “three layer mochi” (also called Girl’s Day Mochi). Recipes are grouped by food, heritage, ...