For nearly a century, people have turned to this prophetic dessert for advice, inspiration and eve winning lottery combinations. While the fortune cookie has been a source of fascination and a Chinese cuisine stable in North America, it remains nearly non-existent in China. THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the true origin of the fortune cookie, the mixing of easter and western cultures that produced it, and the cookie's rise from a simple pastry to a pop culture phenomenon.