88. Fortune Cookies
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88. Fortune Cookies
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Those tiny treats that predict your future may come free at the end of a Chinese meal, but they’re big business (and not Chinese). Zachary Crockett will go on a long journey.
- SOURCES:
- Jennifer 8. Lee, documentarian and author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles.
- Norman Wong, C.E.O. of Wonton Food.
- RESOURCES:
- "Canadian Influencer’s Amazement at Absence of Fortune Cookies in China Restaurants Triggers Amusing Online Discussion About Origins of Snack," by Yating Yang (South China Morning Post, 2024).
- "Fortune Cookies: They’re Japan’s Best-Kept Secret!" by Thalia Harris (Sakuraco, 2023).
- "What I Learned Eating at 8,000 Chinese Restaurants," by Zhaoyin Feng (BBC News, 2021).
- The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, by Jennifer 8. Lee (2008).
- "Lottery Winners Find Good Fortune in Cookies," (NBC News, 2005).
- EXTRAS:
- "Girl Scout Cookies," by The Economics of Everyday Things (2023).
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