Fortune Cookie Mystery

Jennifer 8. Lee ’99, a former Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow at this magazine, explores research on the provenance of the fortune cookie...

In an article in the New York Times, Jennifer 8. Lee ’99, a former Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow at this magazine, explores research on the provenance of the fortune cookie. Apparently this staple of Chinese restaurants actually originated in Japan. Who knew?

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