{"id":503,"date":"2006-07-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/07\/custom-fortune-cookies.html"},"modified":"2006-07-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-17T12:00:00","slug":"custom-fortune-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/07\/custom-fortune-cookies.html","title":{"rendered":"Custom Fortune Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/dos_strawberry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/dos_strawberry.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\u201cGood fortune follows you around like a drunk monkey in a little red dress.\u201d Or how \u2018bout \u201cLook out, your spirit is taking naked pictures of you.\u201d Or maybe, \u201cYou have the power to make angels swoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the book release party celebrating my first book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0787980544\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach To Igniting Your Divine Spark,<\/a>\u201d I wanted to give out something a little different, a little quirky, a little more personal. And also tasty. Fortune cookies! Not just any fortune cookies, mind you, but cookies with custom-written fortunes (the above are but three of the half-dozen I came up with). People loved them. Sure enough, there are plenty of companies that offer it, and for a relative bargain, too.<\/p>\n<p>Customizing your own fortune cookies isn&#8217;t just fun, it can even be therapeutic&#8211;especially if your brain is filled with, ahem, colorful spiritual musings that might not always sound as profound as Gandhi, but still deserve to be given some sweet air. The possibilities are endless, and of course the fortunes don\u2019t always have to fall out of <i>you<\/i>. You can use quotes from anyone you like (Einstein, the Dalai Lama, Caroline Myss, Homer Simpson, your child). Next time you\u2019re wondering what to bring to that dinner party, or PTA meeting, or workshop, I suggest you mix a little spirit with your treats.<\/p>\n<p>I used a company called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fancyfortunecookies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">fancyfortunecookies.com<\/a> for my cookies, because they were one of the few who offered them in a deep sexy red (to match the cover of my book), but there are several companies out there. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=custom+fortune+cookies&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">here<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n<p>Just can\u2019t wait and need a fortune right now? Try <a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-year.co.uk\/chinese\/cookie.cfm\">this.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(posted by <a href=\"http:\/\/serabeak.com\">Sera Beak<\/a>, substituting for Amy this week)<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGood fortune follows you around like a drunk monkey in a little red dress.\u201d Or how \u2018bout \u201cLook out, your spirit is taking naked pictures of you.\u201d Or maybe, \u201cYou have the power to make angels swoon.\u201d At the book release party celebrating my first book \u201cThe Red Book: A Deliciously Unorthodox Approach To Igniting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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