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 CULTURE BEAT | Issue: "Save our cities" April 19, 2008

Notable Books

An eclectic assortment reviewed by Susan Olasky | Jennifer 8. Lee

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles | Jennifer 8. Lee

Lee (whose middle initial is the numeral 8) begins this fascinating exploration of Chinese-American cultural interaction with an account of a 2005 Powerball Lottery anomaly: It had 110 second-place winners, meaning they had picked the first five of the six numbers correctly. Statistically the lottery had predicted three or four second-place winners. Fraud? Not at all: The winners had chosen numbers from fortune cookies.

From there Lee traces the origin of fortune cookies, chop suey, the white Chinese takeout box, and much besides. Although Lee has a light touch, she explores deeper issues surrounding the Chinese immigrant experience.

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