SC - chopsticks use?

[Stefan li Rous]

Tyrca said:

>  We took them to a local Japanese
>restaurant with the chef cooking hibachi style right at our table. 
>They loved it, and ate every morsel, with chopsticks. 

This makes me wonder. When were chopsticks used and how far west
and when. I've seen info tracing the progress of the fork through
Europe and time. Is there a similar trace for the use of chopsticks?
Were they used in period the Middle East? Europe? When?

Thanks.
  Stefan li Rous
  stefan at texas.net
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