Fortune Cookies - Where are they from

New York Times - Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie

Cute article on Fortune Cookies.

Key Points:

• 3 Billion Fortune Cookies made per year.
• Fortune Cookies basically unknown in China
• May have originated in Japan
• The popularity of Fortune Cookies soared after WW2
• The author of the article is writing a book about Chinese Food in the US.

Related books:

Fortune Cookie Fortunes by Grace Lin
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After a young Chinese American girl opens fortune cookies with her family, she notices that the fortunes seem to come true, in a story which includes brief notes on the history of the fortune cookie.