Chopsticks do more than just hold your food. They mirror how you are feeling and what you are thinking. Read this to learn how to read your dining partner!
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A Lesson in Etiquette – Dining Chinese Style
There’s nothing more appalling, I say, than having your dinner ruined by the poor table manners of your guests. Or, by the lack thereof, of those dining around you. G-d forbid you’re guilty of any of these dining sins! Then you really need to read this article!! In this public service announcement, you, and those you share this article with, ...
Read More »Why Chopsticks and Not Forks?
Most scholars seem to agree that chopsticks were probably first used as cooking utensils in China as early as 1200 B.C. during the Shang Dynasty. Read more!
Read More »Ode on a Take-Out Box of Chinese Food
שיין שנה טוב – 巴蒂爾l良好 – Happy New Year! No, it’s not Christmas. Heck, it’s not even Yom Kippur, but it is Rosh Hashana! Following along on an old family tradition (yes, my family was far from Traditional, but we did have our traditions!), I had Chinese food for dinner. We used to go out to a Chinese restaurant on ...
Read More »For the Diner That (almost) Has it All!
Dine in Style I was, like a good Jew, shopping and looking for a bargain this evening, when I stumbled across the perfect accessory for Mee’s to tote their gifts from Cousin Soo-Zee (the five sets of chopsticks from her recent trip to China): This is, of course, a NEW AUTH LOUIS VUITTON CHOPSTICKS MONOGRAM CASE 2004 FOR VIP LIMITED ...
Read More »Tips of the Day!
Tips of the Day The following tips are brought to you as a public service announcement: 1) Never play “Rock, Paper, Scissors” with a man named Edward Scissorhands. 2) Never play cards with a man wielding chopsticks: 3) How to remove chopsticks without touching the yuckie paper wrapper: 4) Never walk in to a Chinese restaurant wielding ...
Read More »[How to Video] When in a Chinese Restaurant…
How to Use Chopsticks, When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Logically then, when in a Chinese restaurant, eat like a native. Read more!
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