If you've ever tried traditional mochi, you've tasted the sweet, reddish-brown paste at the center of the little balls of rice flour. Known as anko, or red bean paste, it's a staple of Japanese ...

As for the multiple names. No great mystery here. The beans come from Asia and there have been some, er. translation issues. Whatever you call them, the beans first cropped up in America in the ...

For a bit of elegance this season, we recommend the Mid-Autumn Gift Box Extra Large for $129.80, which includes four Japanese-style mooncakes, often featuring sweetened red bean paste.

The origin of red beans — also called adzuki — has been murky. A new study says Japan is where it all started.

Adzuki beans are versatile and are often used in East Asian cuisine. There, they are boiled with sugar and then made into a red bean paste to use in other recipes for pastries or other desserts.

I'm a huge fan of adzuki paste, or "anko." You can typically find it at an Asian supermarket or online.Typically, anko is made with a lot of sugar, so when I make my own, I use alternative natural ...

We cover the lives mainstream media ignores, so no one feels unseen. Less than 5 percent of our readers donate, yet we have always been free. Without those donors, we risk losing our independence ...

To make shushi, Ms. Sugiyama created a thick paste from a mixture of yama no imo, or Japanese yam; white adzuki beans and white kidney beans that had been cooked and mashed; and beet and cane sugars.

Sweet adzuki bean paste. Money Report. news 17 mins ago Stock futures fall after Trump says tariffs to go into effect Aug. 1, not July 9: Live updates news 6 hours ago Bessent: Tariffs ...