• 88. Fortune Cookies

  • Apr 14 2025
  • Length: 20 mins
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88. Fortune Cookies

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  • Summary

  • 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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