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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.

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Chopped garlic (Michelle Lee Photography / Getty Images )

In defense of jarred garlic

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Empty shopping cart in front of a red wall (Getty Images/Christian Adams)

Grocery stores are about to get worse

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Pair of old ballet shoes hanging on a wall (ljupco / Getty Images)

Dance changed how I eat — for the better this time

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A rustic Dutch oven filled with hearty stew (Audrey Patsiga / Getty Images)

One mindset shift for better cooking in 2026

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A delicious budget meal (Greg Pryor / 500px / Getty Images)

8 ways to eat better, for less, in 2026

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Scene from "Christmas in Connecticut" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A Christmas classic, a perfect food movie

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Homemade Christmas gifts (MarKord /Getty Images)

How to give food gifts that feel thoughtful

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Preparing linguine vongole (GMVozd / Getty Images)

26 tiny ways to be a better cook in 2026

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Icebox cake with layers of berry jam (Anastassiya Bezhekeneva / Getty Images)

Salon’s most popular recipes of 2025

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A winter salad (Olga Mazyarkina / Getty Images )

7 steps to a better winter salad

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Blueberry muffins (Galiyah Assan / Getty Images)

The brown butter blueberry muffin built for winter

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A white star-shaped bowl filled with fresh red pomegranate seeds (Horia Ionescu / 500px / Getty Images)

The lazy baker’s secret to making holiday treats sparkle

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A classic cheese ball (pamela_d_mcadams /Getty Images)

No one can resist a good cheese ball

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Giardiniera being scooped at Mr. Beef (Kathleen Hinkel for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A love letter to Chicago’s gravy bread

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A tuna melt on sourdough (SherSor/Getty Images)

A better tuna melt, with a kick

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Chips, olives and salted peanuts (Elena Noviello/Getty Images)

Punch and nibbles, like “Sherlock”

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Trifle (Anna_Shepulova / Getty Images )

Forget pie. Embrace the trifle

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A cozy Thanksgiving dinner (SeventyFour/Getty Images)

Your big Thanksgiving questions, answered

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Mashed potatoes and gravy (Ryan Benyi Photography / Getty Images )

Why we call the good stuff “gravy”

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Maple-pumpkin pasta sauce with butternut squash, apple and sage ( Foxys_forest_manufacture/Getty Images)

A magical maple-pumpkin pasta sauce

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Jacob Elordi as The Creature in "Frankenstein" (Ken Woroner/Netflix)

The tender food of “Frankenstein”

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Oatmeal with berries and toppings (alvarez/Getty Images )

Better oatmeal, made at home

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Cacio e pepe rolls (Ashlie Stevens )

Cheesy cacio e pepe rolls, warm from the oven

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Savory muffins, three ways (Ashlie Stevens )

The perfect savory muffin

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