Mimi Sheraton (born Miriam Solomon; February 10, 1926) is an American
food critic
The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyzes food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used int ...
and writer.
Family 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.
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A 1943 graduate of ]Midwood High School
Midwood High School is a high school located at 2839 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, administered by the New York City Department of Education. It has an enrollment of 3,938 students. Its H-shaped building, with six Ionic order, Ionic co ...
,[Katz, Nancie L]
"Midwood to Honor Top Alumni"
''New York Daily News
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'', October 13, 1999. Accessed January 28, 2018. Sheraton attended the NYU
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
School of Commerce, majoring in marketing and minoring in journalism. She went to work as a home furnishing copywriter and a certified interior designer.
Sheraton married Richard Falcone and had one son.[
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Food criticism
While traveling often as the home furnishing editor of ''Seventeen
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*17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18
* one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017
Literature
Magazines
* ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine
* ''Seventeen'' (Japanese m ...
'' magazine, Sheraton began to explore her interest in food. In December 1975, she became the food critic for the ''New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...
''.[Starchefs.com bio]
She was its first female restaurant critic.After leaving the paper in 1983, she wrote for magazines such as ''Time'', ''Condé Nast Traveler
''Condé Nast Traveler'' is a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine published by Condé Nast. The magazine has won 25 National Magazine Awards.
The Condé Nast unit of Advance Publications purchased ''Signature'', a magazine for Diners Club memb ...
'', ''Harper's Bazaar
''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...
'' and ''Vogue''. She lectured at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration
The Nolan School of Hotel Administration (SHA, more commonly known as the Hotel School) at Cornell University is a specialized business school in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, a private Ivy League university located in ...
and the Culinary Institute of America
Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are commonly called chefs or ...
in St. Helena, California
St. Helena ( ; Wappo language, Wappo: ''Anakotanoma'') is a city in Napa County, California, Napa County, in the Wine Country of California. Located in the North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the ...
. As of 2016, she is a food columnist for ''The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.
It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...
''.
Bibliography
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
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Awards
*1974 Penney-Missouri AwardJames Beard Foundation Award
The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the James Beard Foundation to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the United States. They are scheduled around James Beard's May 5 birthday. The media award ...
s, for ''The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup''
*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''2000 James Beard Foundation Award
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References
External links
One on 1: Food Critic Mimi Sheraton
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New York University Stern School of Business alumni
American food writers
People from Flatbush, Brooklyn
American restaurant critics
Critics employed by The New York Times
The New Yorker people
Living people
Midwood High School alumni
1926 births
James Beard Foundation Award winners