• Chopsticks
  Chopsticks
  Chopsticks are small, often tapered, sticks used in pairs of equal length as the traditional eating utensils of China and its diaspora, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Northern provinces of Laos, Thailand and Burma. Generally believed to have originated in ancient China, they can also be found in some...
  
  
• Cutlery
  Cutlery
  Cutlery refers to any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in the Western world. It is more usually known as silverware or flatware in the United States, where cutlery can have the more specific meaning of knives and other cutting instruments. This is probably the...
  
  
  • Fork
    Fork
    As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end. The fork, as an eating utensil, has been a feature primarily of the West, whereas in East Asia chopsticks have been more prevalent...
    
    
  • Knife
    Knife
    A knife is a cutting tool with an exposed cutting edge or blade, hand-held or otherwise, with or without a handle. Knives were used at least two-and-a-half million years ago, as evidenced by the Oldowan tools...
    
    
  • Spoon
    Spoon
    A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery , especially as part of a place setting, it is used primarily for serving. Spoons are also used in food preparation to measure, mix, stir and toss ingredients...
    
     - List of types of spoons
• Drinking straw
  Drinking straw
  A drinking straw is a short tube intended for transferring a beverage from its container to the mouth of the drinker by use of suction. A thin tube of plastic or other material, straight or with an accordion-like living hinge, it is employed by being held with one end in the mouth and another end...
  
  
• Skewer
  Skewer
  A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. They are used while grilling or roasting meats, and in other culinary applications....
  
  
• Tongs
  Tongs
  Tongs are used for gripping and lifting tools, of which there are many forms adapted to their specific use. Some are merely large pincers or nippers, but the greatest number fall into three classes:...
  
  
• Toothpick
  Toothpick
  A toothpick is a small stick of wood, plastic, bamboo, metal, bone or other substance used to remove detritus from the teeth, usually after a meal. A toothpick usually has one or two sharp ends to insert between teeth. They can also be used for picking up small appetizers or as a cocktail...
  
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  Cocktail stick
  A cocktail stick is a short cylindrical stick, made of wood, that has a somewhat sharp point on both ends. It is usually used as a skewer for holding decorations in cocktails and also for serving food at parties.- Further reading :*Br Med J . 1987 Dec 19-26;295:1658...
  
  

Combination utensils

• Chopfork - A utensil with a fork at one end and tongs/pincers at the other.http://sinosoul.com/2009/05/and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-chopfork/
• Chork - Pointed and slightly curved tongs, which can be used like chopsticks (as pincers) or like a fork (for spearing).http://www.slashfood.com/2007/03/26/chork-chopstick-forks-for-your-asian-fusion-cuisine/,http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fancy-eating-utensils-the-chork-aka-chopstick-fork. A different kind of Chork is a fork with a split handle, which can be broken in half to make two chopsticks.http://willblankforfood.net/2010/06/02/from-spork-to-chork/
• Forkchops - Used in a pair, these are basically chopsticks with a small fork and knife on the non-pointed end.http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cheater-chopsticks-forkchops-lets-westerners-eat-like-asians
• Knork
  Knork
  A knork is a hybrid form of cutlery which combines the cutting capability of a knife and the spearing capability of a fork into a single utensil. The word knork is a portmanteau of knife and fork...
  
   - Knife and Fork
• Sporf
  Sporf
  A sporf is a generic term for a single eating utensil combining the properties of a spoon, fork, and knife. One popular brand was invented by William McArthur in the 1940s in Australia and sold with the brand name Splayd, another brand with a serrated edge is the Eazi-Eater-Shape:A sporf typically...
  
   - Spoon and Fork and Knife
• Spork
  Spork
  A spork or a foon is a hybrid form of cutlery taking the form of a spoon-like shallow scoop with three or four fork tines. Spork-like utensils, such as the terrapin fork or ice cream fork, have been manufactured since the late 19th century; patents for spork-like designs date back to at least 1874,...
  
   - Spoon and Fork
• Splayd - Spoon and Fork and Knife
• Spife
  Spife
  A spife is a tool where the blade of a knife is used as the handle of the spoon, often used for cutting kiwi fruit. Its name is a portmanteau, using the words "spoon" and "knife". More commonly today, a spife is sold with a handle guard that covers the blade of the handle to prevent injury while...
  
   - Spoon and Knife

Utensils for specific foods

• Crab cracker
  Crab cracker
  A crab cracker is a specialized food utensil, similar in construction to certain types of nutcrackers, used to crack the hard shells of crabs and lobsters by pulling the two handles together to access the flesh inside, while preparing or eating them....
  
  
• Fondue
  Fondue
  Fondue is a Swiss dish of melted cheese served in a communal pot over a spirit lamp , and eaten by dipping long-stemmed forks with bread into the cheese...
  
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• Grapefruit spoon
  Grapefruit spoon
  A grapefruit spoon is a utensil usually similar in design to a teaspoon that tapers to a sharp edge or teeth, the intent of the front serration being to separate the flesh of a grapefruit from its rind...
  
  
• Lobster pick
  Lobster pick
  A lobster pick or lobster fork is a long, narrow food utensil used to extract meat from joints, legs, claws, and other small parts of a lobster. Lobster picks are usually made of stainless steel and weigh as much as an average teaspoon. They have a long, textured cylindrical handle, ending in a...
  
  
• Nutcracker
  Nutcracker
  A nutcracker is a mechanical device for cracking nuts. Usually they work on the principle of moments as described in Archimedes' analysis of the lever...
  
  
• Trongs
  Trongs
  Trongs are gripping and lifting tools which are made up of three limbs, or finger-channels, each with teeth on the end of them. They are generally made of polypropylene and are dishwasher safe. Trongs are designed for eating finger food such as buffalo wings and bbq ribs so that the user doesn't...
  
  

See also

• Tableware
  Tableware
  Tableware is the dishes or dishware , dinnerware , or china used for setting a table, serving food, and for dining. Tableware can be meant to include flatware and glassware...
  
  
• Drinkware
• Eating utensil etiquette
• List of food preparation utensils