Mimi Sheraton

Mimi Sheraton (born Miriam Solomon; February 10, 1926) is an American food critic and writer. Sheraton's mother, Beatrice, was described as an excellent cook, and her father, Joseph Solomon, was 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. Sheraton married Richard Falcone and had one son. 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 is a food columnist for The Daily Beast.