Mimi Sheraton
Mimi Sheraton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mimi Solomon |
| Education | New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Food Critic, Author, Lecturer |
| Employer(s) | Seventeen Magazine, New York Times |
Mimi Sheraton is an influential food critic born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY (circa 1926).[1] Her mother, Beatrice, has been described as an excellent cook and her father, Joseph Solomon, was a commission merchant in a wholesale produce market.,[2][3]
Education and early career
Sheraton attended the NYU School of Commerce, majoring in marketing and minoring in journalism. She went to work as a home furnishing copywriter. That led her on a path to becoming a certified interior designer. While traveling often as the home furnishing editor at Seventeen Magazine, she began to explore her interest in food. Her food career continued and in December 1975, she became the food critic for the New York Times, where she stayed for eight years.[4] Sheraton was the first female restaurant critic at the Times.[5]
Food critic career
After leaving the Times in 1983, Sheraton worked for a variety of magazines, including Time, Condé Nast Traveler, Harpers Bazaar, and Vogue. She has lectured at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration as well as the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, California.[6]
Bibliography
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Books
- The Seducer's Cookbook, 1964
- City Portraits; a Guide to 60 of the World's Great Cities, 1964
- The German Cookbook, 1965
- Family Circle's Barbecues From Around the World, 1973
- Visions of Sugarplums: A Cookbook of Cakes, Cookies, Candies & Confections from All the Countries that Celebrate Christmas, 1986
- The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup, 1995
- 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
- Hors d'Oeuvres & Appetizers, 2001
- The Bialy Eaters, 2000
- Eating My Words, 2004
Articles
- Sheraton, Mimi (December 3, 2012). "Charcuterie Dept.: Missing Links". The New Yorker. 88 (38): 74–77. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
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Honors and awards
- The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup won the IACP and James Beard awards.,[7] 1996
- James Beard journalism award for her article on the Four Seasons’ fortieth anniversary in Vanity Fair[8] (James Beard Award for Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs)[9]
Personal life
Married to Richard Falcone, she has one son.[10]
References
- ^ Who's Killing The Great Chefs of France
- ^ Starchefs.com bio
- ^ At Lunch with Mimi Sheraton: Undisguised Pleasures of a Former Critic
- ^ Starchefs.com bio
- ^ 7 Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Legendary Food Writer Mimi Sheraton
- ^ Starchefs.com bio
- ^ cloister.com Profile
- ^ Mimi Sheraton | 2014 NYCWFF | OCT 16-19, 2014
- ^ 2000 James Beard Foundation Award
- ^ Starchefs.com bio