The Dim Sum of All Things
By Kim Wong Keltner

     The Dim Sum of All Things takes an in-depth look at Chinese culture and does it in a slightly humorous manner. Lindsey Owyang is a lonely secretary who resides with her Chinese grandmother and seeks for more than a Chinese way of life. The Dim Sum of All Things takes a reader throughout many stereotypical Chinese traditions and explains them in a simple and humorous way. It also explains how some Chinese-Americans incorporate their time-honored Chinese ways into today's American society. The Dim Sum of All Things takes the Chinese way of life, romance, and general American ways, and incorporates all of them in a way that makes it easy for a reader to sift through. At first, it was a struggle for this reader to get a feeling of Lindsey, but after a while this reader was fully engulfed in Lindsey's experiences with her grandmother and the office man that she has a crush on. The story line has several little things added into it, which makes the book an overall entertaining read.