NBA XPLOR 2018-19 Hiram-Mantua House: Fortune Cookies
Issac Ackerman and Valeria Bejar, XPLOR 2018-19 Residents in Hiram-Mantua, Ohio
Valeria Bejar and Isaac Ackerman, NBA XPLOR 2018-19 Residents in Hiram-Mantua, Ohio, say: “We have so many things to be thankful for in our year of XPLOR! The fortune cookie is a fun way to tell someone you’re thankful while also remembering that we all have an important story!”
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(Information about the fortune cookie was found in Jennifer Lee’s 2008 New York Times Articles “Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie” and “Fortune Cookies are really from Japan”. The recipe is adapted from fifteen spatulas website here, www.fifteenspatulas.com/fortune-cookies)
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