Mimi Sheraton Explained

Birthname:	Miriam Solomon
Birth Date:	10 February 1926
Birth Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Education:	Midwood High School
Alma Mater:	New York University
Occupation:	Food critic, writer, lecturer
Employer:	Seventeen, The New York Times, Time, Condé Nast Traveler, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, The Daily Beast
Spouse:	Richard Falcone
Children:	1

Miriam "Mimi" Sheraton (Solomon; February 10, 1926 – April 6, 2023) was an American food critic.^[1]

Early life and education

Sheraton's mother, Beatrice, was described as an excellent cook and her father, Joseph Solomon, as a commission merchant in a wholesale produce market.^[2]

A 1943 graduate of Midwood High School,^{[3] [4]} Sheraton attended the NYU School of Commerce, majoring in marketing and minoring in journalism. She went to work as a home furnishing copywriter and a certified interior designer.

Food criticism

While traveling often as the home furnishing editor of Seventeen magazine, Sheraton began to explore her interest in food. In December 1975, she became the food critic for The New York Times.^[5] She was its first female restaurant critic.^[6] After leaving the paper in 1983, she wrote for magazines such as Time, Condé Nast Traveler, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. She lectured at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, and the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California.^[7] As of 2016, she was a food columnist for The Daily Beast.^[8]

Personal life and death

Sheraton and her husband, Richard Falcone, had a son.^[5]

Sheraton died in New York City on April 6, 2023, at the age of 97.^[9]

Bibliography

Books

• The Seducer's Cookbook, 1964^[10]
• City Portraits; a Guide to 60 of the World's Great Cities, 1964^[11]
• The German Cookbook, 1965^[12]
• Family Circle's Barbecues From Around the World, 1973^[13]
• Visions of Sugarplums: A Cookbook of Cakes, Cookies, Candies & Confections from All the Countries that Celebrate Christmas, 1986^[14]
• Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life
• 1,000 Foods to Eat Before you Die
• From My Mother's Kitchen, 1977
• Mimi Sheraton's Favorite New York Restaurants, 1991
• Food Tales, 1992
• Food Markets of the World, 1997^[15]
• Hors d'Oeuvres & Appetizers, 2001
• The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup, 2001^[16]
• The Bialy Eaters, 2000^[17]
• Eating My Words, 2004

Articles

• Sheraton . Mimi . December 3, 2012 . Charcuterie Dept.: Missing Links . . 88 . 38 . 74–77 . 2014-12-11.

Awards

• 1974 Penney-Missouri Award^[18]
• 1996 IACP and James Beard Foundation Awards, for The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup^[19]
• 2014 James Beard Award for Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs, for an article on the Four Seasons' 40th anniversary in Vanity Fair^{[20] [21]}

References

1. Web site: Who's Killing The Great Chefs of France.
2. News: AT LUNCH WITH/MIMI SHERATON; Undisguised Pleasures Of a Former Critic. Alex. Witchel. The New York Times . May 12, 2004. NYTimes.com.
3. News: Haberman. Clyde. Fries Dance. Buns Smush. Minds Stretch.. 28 January 2018. NY Times. December 7, 2004.
4. Katz, Nancie L. "Midwood to Honor Top Alumni", New York Daily News, October 13, 1999. Accessed January 28, 2018.
5. Web site: Starchefs.com bio . September 28, 2014 . October 8, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141008143115/http://www.starchefs.com/MSheraton/MSheraton_bio.shtml .
6. Web site: 7 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From An 89-Year-Old Food Writer. April 15, 2015. HuffPost.
7. Web site: Starchefs.com bio.
8. Web site: Dishing On Next Year's Food Trends . Martin . Michael . December 18, 2016 . npr.org . All Things Considered . October 15, 2017 . Mimi Sheraton writes a column for The Daily Beast. .
9. News: McFadden . Robert D. . 2023-04-07 . Mimi Sheraton, Innovative Food Critic at The New York Times, Dies at 97 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-04-07 . 0362-4331.
10. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . The Seducer's Cookbook . 1963-01-01 . Random House . en.
11. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . City Portraits: A Guide to 60 of the World's Great Cities . 1964 . Harper & Row . en.
12. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . The German Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking . 1965-10-12 . National Geographic Books . 978-0-394-40138-6 . en.
13. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . Family Circle's Barbecues from Around the World . 1973 . Family Circle . en.
14. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . Visions of Sugarplums: A Cookbook of Cakes, Cookies, Candies & Confections from All the Countries that Celebrate Christmas . 1968 . Random House . en.
15. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . Food Markets of the World . 1997 . Harry N. Abrams . 978-0-8109-1184-0 . en.
16. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup: Recipes and Lore to Comfort Body and Soul . 2001 . Warner . 978-0-446-67649-6 . en.
17. Book: Sheraton, Mimi . The Bialy Eaters: The Story of a Bread and a Lost World . 2000 . Broadway Books . 978-0-7679-0502-2 . en.
18. Web site: Between The Lines . 18 November 1974. New York Magazine . 28 December 2018.
19. Web site: Cookstr.com. Cookstr.com.
20. Web site: Mimi Sheraton | 2014 NYCWFF | OCT 16-19, 2014.
21. Web site: James Beard Foundation Award - 2000 | Winners & Nominees. awardsandwinners.com.