http://asiansupper.com/taxonomy/term/1538/0/feed en http://asiansupper.com/theslurp/chopsticks-etiquette <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-entry-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/theslurp/chopsticks-etiquette" class="imagecache imagecache-recipe_top_Featured imagecache-linked imagecache-recipe_top_Featured_linked"><img src="http://asiansupper.com/files/imagecache/recipe_top_Featured/blog_entry_uploads/promo/tum/61158_8494.jpg" alt="" title="" width="340" height="250" class="imagecache imagecache-recipe_top_Featured"/></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blog-entry-teaser"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Learn the don’ts of proper chopstick etiquette. </div> </div> </div> <p>Approximately one-third of the world's population use chopsticks.&nbsp; Chopsticks (筷子, "<em>kuàizi</em>") are thought to be more than 5,000 years old. They originated in China and began to spread to Korea, Japan and Vietnam by 500 A.D.&nbsp; In Asian cuisine and culture, chopstick usage contains a superstitious element. The editors of <a title="Asian Supper" href="http://asiansupper.com/">AsianSupper</a> walk you through the don’ts of chopstick usage.</p> <p><a href="http://asiansupper.com/theslurp/chopsticks-etiquette" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://asiansupper.com/theslurp/chopsticks-etiquette#comments chopsticks usage Food 101 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:28:29 +0000 tum 1260 at http://asiansupper.com