Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People have been using chopsticks for millennia, and these days Asian-inflected dishes are a common component of modern cuisine.

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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I am a Japanese food writer and cookery teacher who promotes Japanese cuisine. In the 1970s, when I first arrived in ...

Unless you are some sort of hyper-organized Kondo type, it is likely your kitchen has a “junk drawer” and, among the ketchup and duck sauce packets, that there are a few pairs of chopsticks in there.

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I eat a lot of my meals with chopsticks, and when I say “a lot,” I’m not talking about stereotypically “Asian” food like sushi or General Tso’s chicken or Korean barbecue. I’ll eat pasta, salads, even ...

A pair of chopsticks pinches a croquette over hot oil - Lemacpro/Getty Images Leftover napkins, utensils, and sauce packets tend to accumulate at any home where takeout is welcome, but did you know ...

While, to some people, chopsticks may seem like a fun alternative to a knife and fork, an estimated 33% of the world’s population use chopsticks to eat on a daily basis. Chopsticks are especially ...