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Love Japanese Snacks? Grab 'Em From Bokksu's New Online Grocery Store
The subscription box service just launched a web store for picking up all your faves à la carte—and we've got an exclusive discount code.
How Mochi Ice Cream Took Over the Freezer Aisle
Mochi ice cream is now available in large grocery chains nationwide, making the Japanese rice flour dessert a household name.
Japan's New Year's Mochi Tradition Hospitalized 11 and Killed 1 This Year
The deadly rice cakes prompt warnings from Japanese officials every year.
Trying and Failing to Describe the Texture of Mochi
Mochi, the Japanese rice cake made with glutinous rice, has a unique mouthfeel known as “Q texture.” I spoke to Vivien Wong, co-founder of London mochi business Little Moons, about the strangely squidgy texture.
'Asian Store Junkies: Episode Two,' Today's Comic by Berliac
The guys go to the Asian store, and there is a massive manga battle. Who will win? You, the reader!
Meet the Japanese Pastry Chef Who Brands His Sweets with a Hot Iron
For the longest time, I thought nothing existed outside of the French pastry world. In order to broaden my horizons, I tracked down Takanori Murata, a master of Japanese pastry in Paris.
This Taiwanese Food Term Will Change the Way You Look at Gummy Candy
"Rubbery” is almost like a swear word in the culinary world, but that may be a narrow view of a quality that can actually be desirable in cooking: the “Q texture.”