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88. Fortune Cookies

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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