Our Healthy Food of Asia webzine previews healthy and unique dishes from around the world and features the history and culture behind the dishes that different countries have to offer. This month, ...

You’ll recognize Chikara Mochi, a Japanese rice cake shop in Gardena, by the blue noren (curtains) fluttering outside. The delicate little cakes on display inside include four that are used in the ...

Chef Ivan Orkin's first exposure to Japan was a lowly one, washing dishes in a Long Island sushi bar when he was just 15. But he fell in love with the cuisine and the culture. After restaurant work in ...

The Program in Asian Studies held a Japanese rice cake making (omochi-tsuki) event on March 10, 2022. The photos were taken by Yurina Yoshikawa, Japanese Learning Associate, 21-22.

Back when Brian Kito's grandfather sold mochi, Japanese rice cakes, for two for a nickel in Little Tokyo, a peanut butter-filled variety wasn't on the menu. But for 21st century consumers who don't ...