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

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, Sheraton attended the

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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 ''

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''. She was its first female restaurant critic. After leaving the paper in 1983, she wrote for magazines such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Vogue''. She lectured at the

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, and the

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in St. Helena, California. As of 2016, she was a food columnist for ''

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''.

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'', 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 *''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 Whole World Loves Chicken Soup'', 2001 *''The Bialy Eaters'', 2000 *''Eating My Words'', 2004

Articles

Awards

*1974 Penney-Missouri Award *1996 IACP and

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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''

References

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