http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:52:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html#comment-37961 a.c.myers jr Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:05:25 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=1157#comment-37961 I frequently use the example of a fork to illustrate the some design items reach a plateau quickly and never are improved upon. It may be that the latest eletronics is on such a plateau. Lately the changes to cell phones etc seem primarily cosmetic. Smaller, less power usage, nicer colors and so forth. A.C. Myers Jr 79,k-Vet, UF 1958 BSEE I frequently use the example of a fork to illustrate the some design items reach a plateau quickly and never are improved upon.
It may be that the latest eletronics is on such a plateau. Lately the changes to cell phones etc seem primarily cosmetic. Smaller, less power usage, nicer colors and so forth.
A.C. Myers Jr 79,k-Vet, UF 1958 BSEE

]]> http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html#comment-30212 Janet Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:13:21 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=1157#comment-30212 I think this is the most AWESOME place--from forks to feeds to fun ,makin'--to feed good eats. I think this is the most AWESOME place–from forks to feeds to fun ,makin’–to feed good eats.

]]> http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html#comment-5745 Tuscan Chef Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:38:28 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=1157#comment-5745 Thanks! We always tell our students that the fork was brought to France by Caterina de Medici. I have printed your article and will give to them. Thanks! We always tell our students that the fork was brought to France by Caterina de Medici. I have printed your article and will give to them.

]]> http://leitesculinaria.com/1157/writings-the-uncommon-origins-of-the-common-fork.html#comment-1650 John Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:54:14 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/wordpress/?p=1157#comment-1650 Very conscience and well thought out summary of the history of the fork. Incredibly interesting. Who would have thought that the simple fork was really only adopted in the 1800s! Very conscience and well thought out summary of the history of the fork. Incredibly interesting. Who would have thought that the simple fork was really only adopted in the 1800s!

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