Forks: One Utensil’s Battle for Respect
From tool of the devil to high-end luxury good, ELT traces the multi-pronged path of the silverware drawer’s most recent addition.
March 11, 201922m 6s
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Show Notes
While spoons, knives, and chopsticks have been commonplace for centuries, forks didn’t make it to most silverware drawers until the mid-1800s. What took so long? ELT investigates.
Guest: Darra Goldstein, food historian, cookbook writer, and founding editor of Gastronomica, Thanks to caller Nicole.
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