Types of Forks

Forks wrought with long tapered tines, such as a dinner fork, are made to spear pieces of food, such as steak. Forks with a wide left tine and an optional notch, such as a salad fork, fish fork, dessert fork, and pastry fork, provide extra leverage when cutting food that normally does not require a knife.

Assorted forks. From left to right: dessert fork, relish fork, salad fork, dinner fork, cold cuts fork, serving fork, carving fork. As a piece of cutlery or kitchenware, a fork is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end.

A fork, in cutlery or kitchenware, is a tool consisting of a handle with several narrow tines on one end. The usually metal utensil is used to lift food to the mouth or to hold ingredients in place while they are being cut by a knife.

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The salad fork is (usually) a bit shorter than a dinner fork. The salad fork is to be used for the salad course only (NOT for appetizers!) and is to be left on the salad plate/salad bowl when finished. The fork is removed (along with the finished salad plate) before the dinner course is served.