Do you know the difference between Chinese and Japanese chopsticks? Have you ever wondered when people stopped using their fingers to put food into their mouths and started using forks? Or when knives for weapons started to be adapted for use at the table? Check out a website on the history of eating utensils, created by the anthropology department at the California Academy of Sciences. The site gives the history of knives, forks, spoons, chopsticks and portable eating utensils, illustrated with photos from the academy's extensive collection. Some of the utensils pictured are so beautiful they would make eating fast food a pleasure. The website is at www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/utensil/index.html.

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