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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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McDonald's bag with an "I Voted Sticker" stuck on (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How McDonald’s became an unlikely icon in American politics

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Lunch box with carrot and funny looking sandwich (Getty Images/Westend61)

With recalls on the rise, parents grapple with new anxieties around food safety

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McDonald's Big Mac (Yu Chun Christopher Wong/S3studio/Getty Images)

CDC links E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, one dead

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after handing out food while standing at a drive-thru window during a campaign stop at a McDonald's in Feasterville-Trevose, PA on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump “playing dress-up” at McDonald’s: Stunt highlights his disregard for minimum-wage workers

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A Judge's Gavel and McDonald's French Fries (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Big Mac vs. Big Beef: McDonald’s takes on beef powerhouses in legal showdown over meat prices

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Young Navajo Woman Cooking Fry Bread (Getty Images/grandriver)

How Native communities are reclaiming their food: Films, books and shows to watch

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How to build an emergency food kit as extreme weather becomes the norm

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

As Kroger-Albertsons merger faces FTC scrutiny, state lawsuits add further hurdles

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Cheese dairy master cutting a parmesan cheese wheel (Getty Images/Cavan Images)

Good cheese is seasonal

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Red delicious apples (Getty Images/Sergio Mendoza Hochmann)

Fighting hunger in a growing crisis: How City Harvest is responding to New York City’s rising needs

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Wind blows palm trees ahead of Hurricane Ian in Charlotte Harbor, Florida, on September 28, 2022. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Helene ravages 5 states, leaves at least 50 dead and millions without power

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Mark Robinson, Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina and candidate for Governor, delivers remarks prior to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event at Harrah's Cherokee Center on August 14, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)

N.C. gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson hospitalized with second-degree burns

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Crate of fresh fruit and vegetables, including carrots, cauliflower, parsnips, brussel sprouts, apples and oranges. (David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images)

WIC at 50: A nutrition lifeline looks to expand reach and modernize services

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Great British Bake Off (Netflix)

It’s election season — and there’s never been a better time for “The Great British Bake Off”

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A woman posed with her Tupperware products on TV (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Tupperware’s pop culture legacy will outlive its parties

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Casa Bonita, the Lakewood restaurant, purchased by the creators of "South Park" in 2021, renovated for reopening in Lakewood, Colorado on Thursday, May 25, 2023. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/Getty Images)

“Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” and the fight to preserve America’s most unlikely restaurants

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A small group of volunteers of various ages are seen packing and sorting cardboard boxes of non-perishable food items as they give of their time to a local Food Bank. (Getty Images/FatCamera)

“A broken promise to Indian Country”: Tribal leaders call on USDA to address major food shortages

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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate with US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

“Do you believe Americans can afford higher prices?”: Trump’s food tariffs criticized in debate

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A chef's hat and an "I Voted Today" pin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“Cooking for Kamala”: How the Harris-Walz campaign is winning over America’s chefs

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Guests wait to check out at the Salem Pantry. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

“Hunger in America is getting worse, not better” according to an explosive new USDA report

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US Vice President Kamala Harris shops at Bowers Fancy Dairy Products in Eastern Market, Washington, DC, on August 4, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Unions rally, corporations worry: How Kamala Harris’ campaign has divided the grocery industry

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Sweet pancakes with butter and bacon (Getty Images/OlgaMiltsova)

Kamala Harris reveals Biden’s endorsement came over pancakes and bacon

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Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Carla Hall, José Andrés, Tom Collicchio and other big-name chefs will be “Cooking for Kamala”

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Workers fill food orders at a Chipotle restaurant on April 01, 2024 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Higher prices, lower turnover, more workers: The reality of California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage

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