Tuna Onigiri are simple rice balls with a special place in Japanese cuisine. Today, we're making a classic: tuna mayo onigiri ...

The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls ...

If you've ever eaten this Japanese staple ... you know that the kind of rice used to make those nigiri and maki rolls is vitally important. If it's not sufficiently sticky, it could fall apart ...

On the Autumnal Equinox 122 years ago, Haiku poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) ate “ohagi” sticky rice balls coated with ... “wagashi” traditional Japanese sweets. In his diary, he ...

From sushi and rice balls to ramen and fried ... Rice is the bedrock of Japanese cuisine, and with terms like ‘sushi rice’ and ‘sticky rice’ it can seem like there are lots of types.