Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.

Food anthropologists have different theories about the reasons for this. In China, chopsticks are longer, wider, and often made of wood or plastic. Their diet included many fried foods, and the meals ...

Those wooden chopsticks in your drawer can be used to help you deep fry some fantastic bites at home. Deep frying foods at home can be a challenge if you don't have the right tools on hand (like a ...