A lifelong obsession with fortune cookies leads author Jennifer 8. Lee on a quest to discover much more than just a favorite childhood dessert. Less than five minutes after I enter the Harlem duplex of Jennifer 8. Lee, the well-known New York Times journalist and author offers me a bite to eat. “An expensive cookie from an expensive restaurant,” is how the gregarious 32-year-old introduces a ginger snap that has been left over from a jaunt to the glitzy Swedish-inspired eatery, Aquavit. Any more high-falutin' and the snack would be downright pretentious, but the fancy biscuit encased within the fancy box proves to be worth every penny. It's no surprise that it's tasty. Even if Scandinavian delights aren't Lee's main area of expertise, the ginger snaps are still apropos, considering that their Asian cousins have been on her mind for a good part of her life. As something of a cookie aficionado, Lee sampled hundreds while researching her book, The Fortune Cookie Chronicles (Twelve; Marc...
Originally from: http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=ff103911694723895a9e7d3024dbaf32