01 / HOME TASTE
Winter Tomato & Vegetable Soup
A comforting recipe for patience and home · 45 min
Personal portfolio · 2026
Getting to know
the world,
one dish at a time.
Hello, I’m Zhi Yuan Lin — a student curious about food, culture, and the connections we make with one another. I see the kitchen as a warm laboratory: a place to experiment, create, and share.
“Cooking is how I listen,
learn and share.”
— Z.Y. Lin
learn and share.”
— Z.Y. Lin
FOOD ✦ STORIES ✦ CURIOSITY ✦ COMMUNITY ✦ FOOD ✦ STORIES ✦ CURIOSITY ✦ COMMUNITY ✦
A little bit about me
Bringing curiosity into everyday life.
From China, preparing to take my next step into a wider world of learning.
18Years old / High school graduate
03Years of cooking exploration
12Original recipes created
I love noticing the small, genuine details of ordinary life: the colors of a morning market, a pot of soup shared around the table, and the surprising ways a dish changes across cultures. Cooking has taught me patience, planning, and improvisation — and shown me how sharing can reach beyond language.
At school, I enjoy student activities and volunteering. Outside class, I use my camera to document cooking experiments. In the future, I hope to keep exploring the meeting point of food, design, and cultural exchange.
Recipes I made
Notes from my kitchen.
Rooted in familiar flavors, with room for first encounters and new ingredients.
02 / HANDMADE
Hand-Pulled Noodles
Starting with a ball of dough
03 / EXPERIMENT
Summer Rainbow Salad
An exercise in color and flavor
Kitchen diary
Cooking, through my lens.
Three short films recording the way I learn, experiment, and share through food.
▶My First Time Making Pasta
▶Fried Rice with Grandma
▶Cooking for Friends
My path
A story still unfolding.
School & Growth
Committed to my studies, while learning to listen and communicate through every collaboration.
Documenting Food
From handwritten recipes to my first kitchen film — turning a personal passion into an ongoing practice.
A New Campus
I look forward to exploring culture, creativity, and connection in a diverse learning community.
Let’s connect
It’s lovely to meet you.
If you would like to learn more about my story, work, and aspirations, I would be delighted to connect.
hello@zhiyuanlin.com ↗