Alyse Whitney
Freelance Writer
Alyse Whitney is a writer, editor, cookbook author (Big Dip Energy), Cosmopolitan’s first-ever food columnist (Doing the Least with Alyse), and TV host and judge (Easy-Bake Battle, Nailed It!, Chopped, and more). She has been cooking ever since she could reach the countertop, and spent most of her career in magazines (Bon Appétit and Rachael Ray Every Day) and food-focused brands (Cooking Channel and Cravings by Chrissy Teigen). She is a Korean American Jewish adoptee who resides in Los Angeles with her two rescue pups, Miso and Ritz, and is always looking for a new dish to transform into a dip—and her next go-to karaoke song.
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