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, ...

The United States has always had questions about Chinese cuisine. Are low mein and chow mein the same thing? How does dim sum work? Is MSG actually a myth? The list of questions goes on and on, but ...

They are small, crispy, and packed with wisdom: fortune cookies. Whether served as a dessert in Asian restaurants, as a snack ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard of a bilingual message in a Chinese fortune cookie? I hadn’t until last week when food from our favorite Chinese restaurant seemed like the perfect dinner meal. With the desired ...

Wing Noodles is closing after nearly 80 years of noodle production and 128 years as a family-run business. The Chinatown institution provides many of the area's restaurants and grocery stores with its ...

Fortune cookies are a staple at many Chinese restaurants, but most have become mass produced. This San Francisco factory ...

“Life is like a bush,” read the fortune accompanying my Chinese food delivery. “Sometimes it needs a little trim to see the path clearly.” The bush-trimming innuendo initially seemed unintentional – a ...

You may never look at fortune cookies the same way again. “I want to change people’s preconceptions of what a fortune cookie is,” says Alicia Wong, whose family’s Oakland Fortune Factory turns out ...

Like any observant Jew, I got Chinese takeout during the holiday break. As I settled in to feign enjoyment of football for my girlfriend’s dad during our stay in Las Vegas, I read the message nestled ...