Knives and spoons go back to antiquity, but the fork didn’t arrive in Byzantium (from Persia) until the 11th century, and made it to France only in 1533. It took even longer for the fork to shake its image as dainty and unmanly.
Knives and spoons go back to antiquity, but the fork didn’t arrive in Byzantium (from Persia) until the 11th century, and made it to France only in 1533. It took even longer for the fork to shake its image as dainty and unmanly.