Pour peanuts into a blender and pulse for 5 seconds. The peanuts won’t be finely ground yet. Use a spoon or rubber spatula to scrape the peanut bits from the sides and pulse for another 5 seconds.

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable achievement — ...

In a small shop nestled in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, a small but popular Japanese confectionary shop called Fugetsu-Do is turning 120 years old. Though this is a remarkable achievement — ...

Made by pounding cooked glutinous short-grained mochi rice, mochi is a sticky Japanese food eaten as a sweet or savory treat. Mochi is to Japanese people what latkes are for Jewish people, or black ...

Bainbridge Island's tradition of more than 30 years, the Mochi Tsuki celebration, returns to start the new year in 2023 after a two-year hiatus. The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community will ...

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 ...

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Although some people may know mochi from its Americanized ice cream version, Taeko-san Takeout is introducing Colorado to gourmet mochi at a level far beyond what you can find in the grocery store.

Mochi brownies are a textural treat. Made with two different kinds of chocolate, they’re intensely rich and decadent, too.