Ashlie D. Stevens

Ashlie D. Stevens is Salon's 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. 

Roast Chicken In A Petri Dish
The cultured wars: Why lab-grown meat is inspiring bipartisan hate Ashlie D. Stevens
Walmart and Trader Joe's bags
Walmart wants to be the new Trader Joe's Ashlie D. Stevens
Hand holding fried chicken drumstick
It’s now illegal to sell (some) raw chicken products with Salmonella Ashlie D. Stevens
A woman shopping in the dairy section of a supermarket
Front-of-package labels: A new era of transparency in the food industry? Ashlie D. Stevens
Egg carton and milk bottles in refrigerator
Bird flu is spreading. Are supermarket eggs and milk safe? Ashlie D. Stevens
Public School Lunch
America's school lunch program is in crisis — but there's a small silver lining Ashlie D. Stevens
Kroger; Albertsons
Kroger, Albertsons announce plans to sell hundreds more stores to gain merger approval Ashlie D. Stevens
Bodegas, crime and Chick-fil-A: The bad taste of Trump's culinary campaign trail stops Ashlie D. Stevens
Fallout
Jell-O, nostalgia and Nuka-Cola: The subtle genius of the food of "Fallout" Ashlie D. Stevens
Empty shopping cart in front of a red wall
Why San Francisco is considering a bill that would let shoppers sue closing grocery stores Ashlie D. Stevens
Intermittent fasting
A new, viral study linked intermittent fasting to cardiac death — but don't worry just yet Ashlie D. Stevens
Wedding cake topper
How secret weddings became the new "it" wedding Ashlie D. Stevens
Red delicious apples
Republicans fought WIC — and WIC won Ashlie D. Stevens
Grubhub delivery worker NYC
"Safety crisis": Food delivery's simmering violence problem Ashlie D. Stevens
Intermittent fasting
Ozempic, Big Food and why eating intuitively is easier said than done Ashlie D. Stevens