Make mochi dough by whisking sugar, milk and activated charcoal powder in a pan over medium heat. Once sugar has dissolved, take off the heat and whisk in the neutral oil. Add rice flour little by ...

Mochi ice cream has become a wildly popular frozen treat nationwide. If you're not familiar, it's a scoop of ice cream surrounded by sweet rice dough, stemming from a Japanese dessert concept. Many ...

If growth in the frozen novelties category has not set the world on fire in recent years, one shiny bright spot in the market has been mochi: portable ice cream bites encased in chewy sweet rice dough ...

The mochi dish at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco is close to my heart, as it was one of the first dishes I created for the restaurant. It was born out of a kombu cooking challenge that chef/co ...

With the end of one year, and the beginning of another, comes the annual Japanese-American mochitsuki - or mochi-making - tradition. The small, pounded rice cakes -- eaten as a sweet dessert and ...

When Chao Vang first tasted a Mochi donut, she knew something like that was not available in Redding. So Vang, a single mother with five children who moved to Redding 11 years ago from Minnesota, was ...

Biting into a freshly made mochi ball is all about texture. It starts with the velvety outer layer, gives way to a pillow-soft bite, and finishes with a satisfying, springy chew. This parade of ...

What’s a fried treat that’s round, often comes glazed and has a hole in the middle? If you said doughnuts, you’re only half right. The latest food trend to hit the Central Valley is mochi donuts, ...

To say I am persistent would be an understatement. So when my first batch of Black Sesame and Coconut Mochi from Hetty McKinnon’s book, “To Asia, With Love,” wasn’t quite as pretty as the little ...