Another recent addition to my class room library is "How my Parents Learned to Eat" by Ina R. Friedman. It is the story of two young people in love. He from the USA and she from Japan. They secretly learn how to in the other's eating styles. he with chopsticks and she with knife, fork and spoon. They surprise one another at a special dinner. It is a sweet story and illustrates the willingness to assimulate into one another's culture.