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Annamarie Higley

Annamarie Higley

location-pin Milwaukee, WI

School: University of Missouri-Columbia, Bachelor's of Journalism

Expertise: Product testing; consumables (food and beverages); gifts

Annamarie Higley

  • Oversees Taste of Home's product testing team and daily operations in our testing lab
  • Former Taste of Home shopping editor, reviewing hundreds of products from meal kit subscriptions to wine delivery
  • Led Taste of Home gift guide efforts from 2021 through 2023
  • Previous Taste of Home digital shopping editor, Taste of Home associate magazine editor, and associate editor for Taste of Home's special issue publication
  • Published in Brit + Co and Edible

Experience

Annamarie is the product testing manager for Taste of Home, Reader’s Digest and Family Handyman. She and her team assess online trends, search traffic and audience engagement to determine which items warrant testing firsthand in our dedicated office space or our homes. This includes everything from kitchen appliances to beauty products to power tools. Knowing we sourced, saw and tested these products ourselves, readers can feel confident in our recommendations and, ultimately, secure in their purchases. As a former editor on Taste of Home’s print and digital teams from 2018 to 2023, and as a journalist by trade, she’s always valued the ideals of trustworthiness, fairness and integrity. She’s proud to now lead the product testing team, which assists our publications in upholding these standards, but in a new and exciting hands-on way. In her free time, she enjoys crafting, baking, reading and following around her cat.

Education

University of Missouri-Columbia, Bachelor's of Journalism with an emphasis in Magazine Editing, 2018

Taste of Home Editorial Policies

Taste of Home, a Trusted Media Brand, has been a reliable source for recipes, cooking tips and entertaining advice for more than 30 years. Every month, our content inspires well over 20 million home cooks to get creative in the kitchen. Each one of our 40 thousand recipes has gone through a rigorous testing and approval process to ensure we’re sharing the very best. Every snack, ingredient and product we recommend is tested by our team of culinary experts and professional product testers—the best of the best earn our Test Kitchen-Preferred seal of approval. Learn more about Taste of Home and our Test Kitchen and editorial teams.

Articles & Recipes

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How to Throw a Super-Sweet Lemonade Party

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We Tested 5 Salad Kit Brands—Here Are the Best Ones

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