Two people died in Japan after choking on mochi to celebrate the new year. Despite officials warning the population about the choking hazard posed by the popular rice cake that is traditionally ...

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 ...

Despite an annual warning from authorities, a deadly New Year's trend continued in Japan this week as two people died after choking on mochi — a doughy cake made from steamed sweet rice that is ...

A company has recalled sorbet because of undeclared pasteurized cooked egg whites. It was distributed nationally.

They were among 16 mochi-eaters who were rushed to hospitals ... who ate “ozoni” rice cake soup at her home on the morning of Jan. 1. She was taken to a hospital after choking and pronounced ...

What is mochi? Mochi refers to a type of Japanese cake made with short-grain rice, called mochigome, that’s been steamed, pounded into a paste and formed into various shapes. Traditionally eaten ...

Around 10 artisans at the Takayama Workshop of the Hida Hana-Mochi Association have been busy decorating tree branches with tiny red and white rice cakes, each about 1 centimeter wide, that look ...

To replicate that moment of discovery, I decided to make a mochi using a pureed cooked-vegetable base seasoned with kombu and mochiko, the glutinous rice flour used to make mochi, as a binder.

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 ...

Two elderly men in Japan choked to death on mochi rice cakes as part of a New Year ... in suburban Tokyo also died after choking on the cake, according to Japan Today. In the first three days ...