(NEXSTAR) – You might be forgiven if you thought the fortune cookie was created in China – after all, when was the last time your Chinese food order wasn’t accompanied by one of the crispy, golden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fortune cookies have become an integral part of a Chinese meal in America -- but that hasn’t always been the case. - Scott Suchman ...

Ask your average American what associations they have with fortune cookies, and the predictable answer is that they’re the dessert that comes at the end of a meal at Chinese-American restaurants, ...

One of the fun things about ordering Chinese food is getting a fortune cookie with your meal and breaking it open to reveal a short, often mysterious prediction on a small slip of paper. While those ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matt Williams, a cofounder of the fortune-cookie provider OpenFortune from New York. It has been edited for length and clarity. Our cofounder ...