Chopsticks are a pair of sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian food. In Chinese, the old word for "chopsticks,",and also in some varieties of modern Chinese such as Hokkien, was zhù (箸 ...

Chopsticks are more than just utensils—they carry centuries of history, regional design differences, and deep cultural etiquette. Originating in ancient China, they’ve spread across East Asia, ...

Created roughly 4,000-5,000 years ago in China, the earliest versions of something like chopsticks were used for cooking (they’re perfect for reaching into pots full of hot water or oil) and were most ...

Chopsticks, or kuaizi in Chinese, are a pair of small equal-length tapered sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian food. It is believed the first chopsticks were developed over 5,000 years ...

AMERICUS, Ga. - Every week the factory floor of Georgia Chopsticks churns out 10 million chopsticks that are sold in China. But, as CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann reports, the chopsticks are ...

China's Ministry of Finance announces a new plan to save millions of trees. It's imposing a tax on chopsticks. The Chinese — and overseas lovers of Chinese food — use 15 billion disposable wooden ...

SHANGHAI — Is China at a fork in the road? Beijing this week slapped a 5% tax on disposable chopsticks, dealing what many Chinese say was a powerful gut punch. In cafes here Thursday, people dropped ...

While Indochinese cuisine may, at first, sound like a slightly unusual, if curious combination, it is more historically and easily explained than most food “fusion.” Geographically, the borders of ...

More than 60 billion sets of chopsticks are produced every year in China, so you’d have thought they would be making enough. But a chopstick shortage is growing in the Far East, prompting a U.S.