The Fortune Cookie Quest
Gastropod
The Big Breakthrough in the United States of Chinese Food
F fortune cookies took off after the second world war. They are as everyday and as unremarkable as ice in soda and endless coffee refills. But they're almost like a commodity, right? Because it's not like people are like, oo, this place has much yummier fortune cookies sor i'm going to go there. The big break through did actually come from a chinese immigrant. He invented a machine that he introduced in 19 67. This mechanization is part of what made fortune cookies cheap enough to give away at chinese restaurants across America.
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