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Kiersten Hickman

location-pin Brooklyn, NY

School: DePaul University

Expertise: Recipe development; cooking techniques; product testing; health & wellness; food news

Kiersten Hickman

  • 5 years of experience writing about nutrition and health
  • 9 years working in digital media and editorial
  • Writer for Taste of Home, EatingWell, Clean Plates, The Healthy, Bustle and Eat This, Not That!

Experience

Kiersten is a freelance journalist and content strategist who has covered food, health and lifestyle topics for nearly a decade. She covers a little bit of everything at Taste of Home, from testing recipe hacks to investigating TikTok trends. Her work has also appeared in EatingWell, Bustle, Eat This, Not That!, and The Everygirl, to name a few. Armed with a certificate in nutrition science from Stanford Medicine, she debunks nutrition myths and diet culture in "Forkful," her weekly newsletter on Substack. Her debut novel, "Safe Harbor," came out in 2023.

Education

  • DePaul University, bachelor's and master's in journalism
  • Stamford University School of Medicine, certificate of nutrition science

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

Filet-o-Fish on McDonalds box

This Is Why the Tartar Sauce on a Filet-O-Fish Is Always Off-Center

Is your fish sandwich from McDonald's a flop? There's a reason why the Filet-O-Fish always seems to fall apart.
Cracker Barrel Meat Loaf Exps Ft22 270260 St 08 02 1

Copycat Cracker Barrel Meat Loaf

If you love meat loaf, you’re likely already a fan of Cracker Barrel’s famous meat loaf. And if meat loaf
Spaghetti Pasta in Ceramic Plate with Fork, Does The Cold Water Pasta Hack Work?

I Tested the Cold Water Pasta Hack—Here’s What I Found Out

Does the cold water pasta hack really save water and time? I tested the theory to find out.