When a Byzantine princess brought a two-pronged golden fork to an Italian wedding in the 11th century, the clergy called it sinful — proof, they said, that God’s own fingers weren’t good enough for her. For the next several hundred years, most of Europe agreed and ate with its hands. This is the surprising, genuinely scandalous history of the fork, from Byzantine court dining to the Italian nobility who finally made it fashionable, and the etiquette battles that followed it all the way to your kitchen drawer.
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- Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (book)
- Antique-style silver flatware set
- Medieval and Renaissance dining history (book)
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