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Dog eating fortune cookies
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Food! We all love it, crave it, need it! But is there just one kinda cuisine that you don’t like? Well this blogger doesn’t “WOK” to the beat of Chinese food. For some reason, she just doesn’t understand its fad. A really funny piece about a Jewish girl with NY roots who was brought up on the stuff and should LOVE it, but hates it! Really funny insight into food. If you like food writing, cuisine, culture, and lifestyle, this is a fab read.
Blogger has an amazingly eclectic site with everything from beauty, fashion, diary style entries, poetry, life in the magazine world----this girl has everything. Already winner of the prestigious “Blog Of The Day Award” (some people take years to earn this—she’s only had her blog up 3 weeks!) and on top level blog rolls of awesome bloggers, this girl is amazing. A+++++Food! We all love it, crave it, need it! But is there just one kinda cuisine that... more
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Apparently fortune cookies are an American invention, but they still seem to excite Chinese tasters. Apparently fortune cookies are an American invention, but they still seem to excite... more
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Are fortune cookies Chinese?
Clearly not. They are arguably more American (by way of Japan), judging by the way that people in China react to fortune cookies — with a mixture of confusion and amusement. As part of research for my book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, I went around China handing out fortune cookies to random people (my bellhop, people on the street, vendors) and recorded their reactions.
Are fortune cookies Chinese?
Clearly not. They are arguably more American (by way... more
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Most people assume fortune cookies come from China. However, a Japanese scholar is arguing that it's origin can actually be traced back to Japan. Her biggest piece of evidence is a drawing from 1878 where a man is pictured baking them. Family bakeries in Japan still make fortune cookies that are bigger and brown in color. Most people assume fortune cookies come from China. However, a Japanese scholar is... more
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Genius or CRAZY!? You decide...is there REALLY a need for these?
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'Don't read too much into me, I'm just a fortune cookie.'
The messages in fortune cookies are typically vague, banal and optimistic. But some cookies are now serving up some surprisingly downbeat advice.'Don't read too much into me, I'm just a fortune cookie.'
The... more
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