Ashlie D. Stevens (page 19)

Ashlie D. Stevens is Salon’s senior food editor. She is also an award-winning radio producer, editor and features writer — with a special emphasis on food, culture and subculture.

Her writing has appeared in and on The Atlantic, National Geographic’s “The Plate,” Eater, VICE, Slate, Salon, The Bitter Southerner and Chicago Magazine, while her audio work has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and Here & Now, as well as APM’s Marketplace. She is based in Chicago.

Burning Gas Stove (Getty Images/Géza Bálint Ujvárosi/EyeEm)

“They can pry it from my cold dead hands”: Rumors of a gas stove ban ignite a right-wing culture war

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Homemade Chili Soup and Cinnamon Roll (Getty Images/bhofack2)

Does cinnamon belong in chili? The Midwest says yes (and so does Fran Lebowitz)

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Dave & Busters (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

James “Buster” Corley, the remaining co-founder of Dave & Buster’s, has died

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“Hot girl food”: How food porn changed in 2022

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Cutleries in containers on bookshelves (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

5 of our favorite cookbooks to carry you into 2023

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Toasting champagne flutes during a celebration (Getty Images/Klaus Vedfelt)

Why do we drink champagne on New Year’s Eve?

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Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in "The Bear" (Matt Dinerstein/FX )

From “The Bear” to “The Menu,” this was the year pop culture faced the horrors of fine dining

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Close-up of mushroom growing on field (Getty Images/Karim Qubadi/500px)

Year of the mushroom: Why 2022 was defined by fungi

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Cozy home picture of blue ceramic cup with coffee on window sill, Christmas decorations, warm knitted sweaters and pine tree green branches (Getty Images/Anna Blazhuk)

In defense of the holiday coffee blend (and the argument for taking it into the new year)

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Writer Chaya Milchtein embarking on her trip (Photo courtesy of Jodyann Morgan)

From Vienna to Mexico City, the best of “A Fatty’s Guide to Traveling and Eating the World”

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Tasty Cappuccino With Christmas Tree Latte Art (Getty Images / Mariia Ploshikhina / EyeEm)

Matcha, mocha and all things peppermint: Salon Food’s 8 favorite drinks to sip this holiday season

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Erin Jeanne McDowell (Photo illustration by Salon / Mark Weinberg)

From cheesy brie bites to gooey jalapeño poppers, “Savory Baking” has a place at your holiday table

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Red wine at the Christmas dinner table (Getty Images/Xsandra)

Shame and sugar-free cookies: On navigating the holidays after a life of disordered eating

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Salon's Favorite Books of 2022 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Harper Collins/Penguin Random House/Simon & Schuster/Stanford University Press)

Salon’s favorite books of 2022 — fiction and nonfiction

Erin Keane, Troy Farah, Matthew Rozsa, Ashlie D. Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Amanda Marcotte, D. Watkins, Kelly McClure, Alison Stine, Hanh Nguyen, Andrew O'Hehir, Chauncey DeVega