Makoto Hagiwara
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Baron Makoto Hagiwara (?-1925) was a Japanese American landscape designer responsible for the creating and maintaining the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California from 1895 until his death in 1925. He is often attributed for having invented the fortune cookie in California[1], but this claim remains highly debatable.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ono, Gary (2007-10-31). Japanese American Fortune Cookie: A Taste of Fame or Fortune -- Part II.
- ^ Jennifer 8. Lee. (January 16, 2008). Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie, New York Times. Retrieved on March 15, 2008.
[edit] External links
- A Brief History of The Fortune Cookie - An account by Erik S. Nagata, the great, great grandson of Makoto Hagiwara
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