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From hand to mouth

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From knife to fork: the development of cutlery

Nowadays a knife and a fork are laid out neatly on either side of your plate. Go back a few centuries, though, and there was no fork to be seen. Knives and forks originated in their own ways, a development illustrated by archaeological finds.

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From hand to mouth

For many of us, eating with a knife, fork and spoon is entirely natural.