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Crystyl is an American writer and editor who has been based in China for 12 years. She studied Mandarin at Nanjing University and Qinghua University before becoming China Correspondent for Time Warner's Asiaweek magazine in Hong Kong. In 2002 she settled in her mother's hometown of Shanghai where she now writes travel, dining and cultural stories for publications in the US, Europe and China. Check out her tasty blog The Dish where you'll find her latest foodie revelations.

Joined the site 16 Jan 2007

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(20 most recent posts)
Added Jul 09

Cocktails Go Gourmet

Article Sophisticated ingredients elevate spi...

Added Jul 02

THE DISH: Will Write for Food

Article Crib sheet: professional eating as a ...

Added Jul 02

THE DISH: Home on La Grange

Article A maison for Francophile gourmands

Added Jul 02

THE DISH: Tempura Generations

Article 150 years of deep-fried expertise now...

Added Jun 20

Cocktails Go Gourmet

Article Sophisticated ingredients elevate spi...

Added Jun 20

THE DISH: Home on La Grange

Article A maison for Francophile gourmands

Added Jun 10

THE DISH: Five Generations, One Recipe

Article 150 years of tempura expertise at Karaku

Added Jun 05

THE DISH: Tempura Generations

Article 150 years of deep-fried expertise now...

Added Jun 04

THE DISH: The Kitchen as Laboratory

Article Jean-Georges has fine dining (and Fre...

Added Jun 04

THE DISH: Eat as the Chinese Eat

Article Embracing the double-dip and other ac...

Added Jun 04

THE DISH: The Planet is Low on Caviar

Article The ultimate edible luxury becomes sc...

Added Jun 04

THE DISH: The Wonders of Oz

Article Join my eating adventures at Shanghai...

Added Jun 04

THE DISH: The Taste of Memory

Article Recalling 2007 through flavors and foods

Added May 29

Wine in a Can

Article You may have noticed these crinkle-cu...

Added May 27

THE DISH: Winter's Long Dark Teatime

Article Shanghai's wholesale tea markets info...

Added May 27

THE DISH: Let's Get Hot and Steamy

Article Winter is time for hot pot and there ...

Added May 27

THE DISH: A Neighborhood to Emulate

Article Slow down and savor the simple life i...

Added May 27

THE DISH: Stars in the Culinary Arena

Article These round treats win plenty of points

Added May 26

THE DISH: The Missing Spice

Article Follow the crowds to the restaurants ...

Added May 24

THE DISH: The Missing Spice

Article Follow the crowds to the restaurants ...

COMMENTS

Sep 24

THE DISH: Plastic cups and fat straws take over Shanghai Hi Ivan, the Chinese name for pudding tea is simply 布丁奶茶,...

Sep 02

Krispy Kreme Ready to Embrace Shanghai? I, for one, am *dying* for a searing-hot-right-off-the-co...

Aug 26

Vote for the Next Jelly Belly Flavor! uh-oh, I was worried someone would come through with a Sh...

Aug 15

FDA on the way? killa--you are not alone in your skepticism regarding the...

May 31

THE DISH: The Missing Spice Hi! The CW site only lists the Lingling Lu branch right n...

May 26

White faces in restaurants Hola spy. Yeah, all 5 restaurants you listed above should...

May 26

Awards! First of all, I [strenuously agree](http://www.cityweeken...

May 21

Ditch your Nalgene: developed countries are starting to ban products containing bisphenyl A The LA Times just published [an article on the BPA contro...

May 16

China Desperately Lacking Enough KFC’s and Pizza Huts You know, the pathetic thing is, that when I went to chec...

May 16

Food streets Firstly, I am a big street-foodie! I haven't been to Wuji...

Apr 29

Tianping Lu Keeps Up the Good (Street Food) Fight Just received an email requesting the address of these fo...

Apr 29

THE DISH: What's Your Dianping Rating? If you're interested in learning more about Zhang Tao and...

Mar 29

Accidental Discovery: Delicious 10 Kuai Coffee Ow my lawdy, what an awesome discovery--when are they gon...

Mar 20

The end of an era. For me, and my neighborhood. Thanks guys for all your comments! Ros, you are so sweet ...

Feb 14

There are 20,000 restaurants in Shanghai: Dianping ranks them all Hey, so happy to have thoughtful comments! It's true that...

Jan 30

Kakadu rocks, but I am not a big fan of kangaroo … Hey, glad you enjoyed the review! I was at Kakadu's grand...

Jan 26

THE DISH: The Wonders of Oz Thinking of trying Kakadu? If you couldn't tell from my a...

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