It turns out Fortune Cookies originated in Japan
Or so says Yasuko Nakamachi in this New York Times piece by Jennifer 8. Lee.
Cool middle name, 8, isn't it?
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I thought they originated in SF?
Posted by: Trevor Cook | Sunday, 20 January 2008 at 14:36
Check page 2 of the linked NYT article, Trev. they were introduced to the USA via San Francisco, but new research suggests Japanese brought them to SF, not Chinese.
Posted by: Bob Meade | Tuesday, 22 January 2008 at 14:24