the rounded tips of Japanese-style bamboo chopsticks (with threading for texture), and the thin rectangular tips of stainless-steel Korean chopsticks. Photo: Rozette Rago Tips: When you want (or ...

I was a late bloomer when it came to learning how to use chopsticks at home. Up until I was about 10 years old, I was the only one in my family who used a fork when we had Asian food. Some blamed ...

Chopsticks can be made from a variety of materials, including but not limited to bamboo, wood, plastic or melamine, and stainless steel. What they’re made from will affect how you should clean t ...

There’s no better way to start off a meal than with the swift snap of tearing apart a pair of chopsticks. Today, the disposable bamboo chopsticks you tend to find in places where they sell Asian ...

Eater’s K-Town At Cote in New York, chef David Shim says they use melamine chopsticks purchased from Korea. Melamine “is not as polished or slippery as the stainless kind; they are also a bit ...

Dear Miss Manners: My wife and I love East Asian food and are completely comfortable with chopsticks. We understand that bamboo chopsticks come from a renewable resource, although using them one ...