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BTS; Behind the scenes; culinary staff; Alicia Rooker

Alicia Rooker, RDN

location-pin Mukwonago, WI

School: Milwaukee Area Technical College

Expertise: RECIPE TESTING; RECIPE DEVELOPMENT; FOOD SCIENCE, NUTRITION

Alicia Rooker, RDN

  • 13 years of professional experience in food and recipe development, including a decade at Taste of Home
  • Registered dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • Received dietetics bachelor’s degree from UW-Madison and culinary arts associate degree from Milwaukee Area Technical College
  • Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Experience

With degrees in dietetics from the University of Wisconsin and culinary arts from Milwaukee Area Technical College, Alicia brought a strong food science background to our Test Kitchen. She spent a decade with Taste of Home, first as an associate food editor and lead cook, then as a senior recipe editor and tester. During her Taste of Home tenure, Alicia crafted science-backed meal plans that reflected specific dietary needs, tested reader recipes and developed many of her own.

Education

Milwaukee Area Technical College, associate degree in culinary arts
 
University of Wisconsin, bachelor's degree in dietetics

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

Tkp Bread Machine Test Sq

The Best Bread Machines for All Types of Bakers

Make baking easy with a bread maker. Our Test Kitchen tried 10 different brands to find the best bread makers for all kinds of bakers.
Best Mandoline Slicers

The Best Mandoline Slicers, According to Our Test Kitchen

Make prep work a breeze with the best mandoline slicer. Our Test Kitchen team put nine popular brands to the test to find their top picks.