Miriam "Mimi" Sheraton ( Solomon; February 10, 1926 – April 6, 2023) was an American food critic.
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.
A 1943 graduate of Midwood High School, 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. She was its first female restaurant critic. 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. As of 2016, she was a food columnist for The Daily Beast.
Personal life and death
Sheraton and her husband, Richard Falcone, had a son.
Sheraton died in New York City on April 6, 2023, at the age of 97.
Bibliography
Books
The Seducer's Cookbook, 1964City Portraits; a Guide to 60 of the World's Great Cities, 1964The German Cookbook, 1965Family Circle's Barbecues From Around the World, 1973Visions of Sugarplums: A Cookbook of Cakes, Cookies, Candies & Confections from All the Countries that Celebrate Christmas, 1986The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup, 1995Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life1,000 Foods to Eat Before you DieFrom My Mother's Kitchen, 1977Mimi Sheraton's Favorite New York Restaurants, 1991Food Tales, 1992Food Markets of the World, 1997Hors d'Oeuvres & Appetizers, 2001The Bialy Eaters, 2000Eating My Words, 2004
Articles
Awards
1974 Penney-Missouri Award
1996 IACP and James Beard Foundation Awards, for The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup2014 James Beard Award for Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs, for an article on the Four Seasons’ 40th anniversary in Vanity Fair''