A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been around since the fourth century B.C. Forks didn't show up in England until 1611, and even then they weren't meant for eating but just to hold the meat still while you hacked at it with your knife. Ruth Reichl
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Chopsticks, they’re just sticks. They come in all kinds of sizes and shapes and you use them to pick up food and eat it. The only thing they’re good for is holding chopsticks. That’s what they were made for.

Forks, they’re just for holding food. They’re not even very good at that. You can hold chopsticks with your fingers if you want to, but forks are just for holding food.

They don’t do anything else well.

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