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On chopstick superiority

On chopstick superiority

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Sep 20, 2021
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The first question any of my aunts, uncles, grandparents or parents ask when someone comes for dinner who isn’t part of the family is, “Do they know how to use chopsticks?”

They picture anyone who isn’t Chinese struggling the way Uma Thurman’s character did in Kill Bill when she went to study under Pai Mei and resorted to scooping grains of rice in her m…

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