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Miriam "Mimi" Sheraton (née 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, 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 Sheraton, Mimi (December 3, 2012). "Charcuterie Dept.: Missing Links". The New Yorker. Vol. 88, no. 38. pp. 74–77. Retrieved December 11, 2014. Awards 1974 Penney-Missouri Award 1996 IACP and James Beard Foundation Awards, 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 External links Mimi Sheraton on Food Writing on YouTube. Discover the Mimi Sheraton popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mimi Sheraton books.