supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature. Synonyms: addendum, adjunct, appurtenance; addition, supplement.
One history of the fortune cookie claims that David Jung, a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles and founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company, invented the cookie in 1918. Concerned about the poor he saw wandering near his shop, he created the cookie and passed them out free on the streets.
7th Century A.D. â The earliest cookie-style cakes are thought to date back to 7th century Persia A.D. (now Iran), one of the first countries to cultivate sugar (luxurious cakes and pastries in large and small versions were well known in the Persian empire).