Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Our sweet of the week is mitsumame, a Japanese dessert featuring agar (kanten) jelly. You’ll find its silky ...

Agar jelly is a familiar dessert to many people due to its sweetness. In recent years, the dessert hasfound hundreds of forms, from jelly flan, Mid-Autumn Festival jelly cake to 3D jelly. Of which, ...

American jello is made from a protein found in animal bones and skins, and it produces a dessert that is very soft. Filipino-style gelatin, on the other hand, is made from a seaweed called agar-agar.

Editor’s note: In the Taste of Life series, cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life. Ai Hosokawa, who grew ...

I say interest, because true Asian desserts are still relatively unknown throughout the west. Many are based on coconut, rice flour, sesame and mung beans and seem to have a wholesome quality. Agar is ...

SINGAPORE — Mention agar agar, and you would probably think of the traditional jelly version that your grandmas and aunties used to prepare when you would visit them during Chinese New Year. This ...

With above-average temperatures expected for several parts of the world in summer 2013, many of us will be on the lookout for new ideas for staying cool and refreshed. What better way to do that than ...