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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.