"I've given a pair of personalized chopsticks as a gift to all the guests at my wedding ceremony," says 26-year-old newly Wed Victoria Duan. "Each pair of chopsticks is laser engraved with mine or ...

Visitors to Wood Works Kawagoe make their own chopsticks at the shop in Kawagoe, Japan. (Jennessa Davey/Stars and Stripes) This activity takes no more than 30 minutes.

Twisted wooden chopsticks come with fortune cookie chopstick rests. And there are pairs with gold flowers, tigers and even glitter. 119 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, (213) 687-7080.

Using hand tools to create a pair of wooden chopsticks. That's what you can do at a workshop this Thursday evening held at ...