Michael Lin

Michael Lin was born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley and has led culinary adventures of Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine there for 10 years. His final project for his master’s degree in hospitality at Cornell University’s Hotel School was on differentiating Asian cuisines and the evolution of Chinese American food. Follow him on Instagram.


Chinatown USA

The Wonder of Chinese American Food, In Five Dishes

Chinese American cuisine parallels the Chinese American experience — a unique, sometimes blurred identity. Some dishes, like kung pao chicken,…

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