Butter mochi is the best! The perfect mixture of chewy, squishy, dense and sticky, these coconut and rice flour cake bars (a cousin of Filipino bibingka) are one of the most beloved island desserts ...

King Kamehameha II couldn't have known that he was helping make way for the first lūʻaus when he made the once unthinkable decision to eat with his mother in 1819, ending the longstanding system of ...

I love all kinds of desserts, from chocolate cake and fudge brownies to strawberry cheesecake and lemon meringue pie, I don’t discriminate. They’re all absolutely delicious. But when I’m in the mood ...

Butter mochi is a staple in Hawaii — because it’s great, says Peter Som, fashion designer and Mill Valley-rased author of the forthcoming cookbook, “Family Style” (Harvest, $40). It’s a great, ...

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Julie Tremaine In Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii, the hole-in-the-wall mochi shop Two Ladies Kitchen produces confections that rival any other popular dessert treat. I would even go so far as to ...

This golden, sesame-crusted treat has roots in Hawai'i. As chef and writer Kiki Aranita writes: "Butter mochi is purely an invention of the islands and it is borne from the multicultural roots of ...