On The Pass 67. Hot Spot: Yiming Lin of Literally.Starving
On this episode of the Hot Spot series, Gabriel Ornelas sits down with Yiming Lin. He’s the creator and food ethnographer behind Literally.Starving—the highly popular social media platform and human interest food account he started in the summer of 2022 as a means of understanding his personal relationships with food and creating community as a new resident to New York.
It's no surprise that in less than a year, Literally.Starving has garnered over 3 million subscribers from around the world and has been featured on BuzzFeed, First We Feast, World Journal, Fox News, and numerous other publications. We’re excited to have him at On The Pass where we dig deeper into his creator journey.
This journey began long before the genesis of Literally.Starving and stretches back to when his Chinese immigrant parents sought a better opportunity and escaped China’s one child policy regulations. Yiming’s parents settled in Tampa, Florida and opened a local Chinese-American takeout restaurant, which is where he truly found his love and deep curiosity for cooking and how food brings people together.
In this episode, we discuss the impact of his upbringing in his family’s restaurant, the origins of Literally.Starving, the evolution of both his content creator journey and this platform, and the responsibility and ethics around creating media and having a growing, global platform. It’s a story about entrepreneurship, community building, and following one’s passions.
Hungry for more? Let’s get into our exciting conversation with Yiming Lin of Literally.Starving!
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