The non-Asian mother-in-law of a dear friend of mine once told me that “the Chinese don’t have desserts, not real ones.” The implication that I (a Chinese American) was other, different, and weird, ...

Dim sum has always been a contentious and polarizing topic for food-lovin’ Seattleites, many of whom drive up to my hometown of Richmond, B.C., for the legendary dim sum offerings. But for those in ...