Sticks, forks, fingers: the three ways people of the world eat their food. The majority today still use fingers, as has been the case throughout history. In fact, forks were unknown until the 10th century. Knives and spoons only appear in 5th the century.

Jesus ate with his fingers.

We all still love to eat with our fingers. Ever notice that the first food to disappear on a buffet table is always the “finger food?” The first to go are those little bites and nibbles we can pick up, pop in, and chow down, without having to mess around with a knife, fork, or spoon.

Every culture has its own favorite finger foods— hors d’oeuvres, tapas, dimsum, pupu. Whatever shape these morsels take they are as fast and easy to eat as they are time-consuming and challenging to make. Chopping, rolling, fill…