Although fortune cookies are nearly synonymous with Chinese restaurants, these after-meal treats are actually produced in New ...

Evidence points to fortune cookies originating in Japan — not China nor the United States. Here is a New York Times article I wrote about the case for Japanese origins in 2008 that preceded my ...

Some 3 billion fortune cookies are made each year, almost all in the United States. But the crisp cookies wrapped around enigmatic sayings have spread around the world. They are served in Chinese ...

That's right -- the fortune cookie is not Chinese at all. They were actually invented in Japan, and then migrated to U.S. Japanese restaurants in California in the early 1900's.

The modern fortune cookie originated in California, but two different men laid claim to its creation. Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese immigrant who owned the Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Garden, was ...

Some 3 billion fortune cookies are made each year, almost all in the United States. But the crisp cookies wrapped around enigmatic sayings have spread around the world. They are served in Chinese ...

After the laughter died down, a small Japanese woman named Sally Osaki approached the stand. She was carrying two long irons with clamps on the end—the original tools for making fortune cookies ...

Hawaiʻi Candy Company is not just any business; it’s a unique part of Hawaiʻi’s culinary landscape. Their fortune cookies, for instance, are deeply rooted in Japanese tradition.