Word: tsujiura
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...readers to consider the often strange routes their favorite dishes - authentic or not - took to the plate. And if you, like me, were puzzled by the origin of the fortune cookie, well, that's understandable. Lee discovers that the first fortune cookies came from Japan, where they are called tsujiura senbei. Japanese-Americans sold them in the U.S. until they were forced into internment camps during World War II. That's when Chinese restaurateurs started handing them out instead. Chinese-American cooking is all about opportunity, after...
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