RIP: Mimi Sheraton

[SLB]

“Well, whether they’re right or not, which means they agree with me,” she told The Times wryly in 2004, “food writers in general devote too much space to chefs’ philosophies. They’re not Picasso, after all — this is supper. So I don’t want to hear about a chef’s intentions. Call me when it’s good.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/dining/mimi-sheraton-dead.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Food

Edited April 8, 2023 by Smithy
Adjusted title for clarity (log)

[weinoo]

A titan of food writing and restaurant criticism.  RIP.

[Anna N]

For those who do not have access to the NYT article
 

Here.

[rotuts]

there was nothing even remotely like

 

The German Cookbook: A Complete Guide to Mastering Authentic German Cooking (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)

 

when it came out ( in the USA ) .

 

I still have my original copy.

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

The first two articles above are both behind paywalls. But I did find this

https://www.grubstreet.com/2023/04/mimi-sheraton-ate-everything-for-us.html

She was an amazing woman.

[SLB]

Sorry about that.  These purport to be "gift links":

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/dining/mimi-sheraton-writing-prose-recipes.html?unlocked_article_code=pCtu52uCaZUaupVICtywMxtUSgd77cGMzdnz6syBfl74yJILrouZv9Ur7SGPqR8THvKBpVf3iWwiTEH8VVj5q3_q30NtvqNBaQZa0dfocEGdXQWmv6u_W9dHqrPXBXEPbEuN2JyYCAHuriGnN70GhuMJY-yrst9ZJD-5tll4MW9DLqgvE4T5oUi-j92zToE_llbU6sdA2audZ7K8Fn149U6T1SpehE2ouPoZagws0-PBWrIZP7ZtLoQhz1IzAi9tCS8JnufZ_x_j5K7665fJEC3TgwynqCePf3sKvSzjVaSeZo4akMHKRQ_FOz4tByrXunOCfTb9SicPcFsRcwlshyMXvfk5gSRoVOu3&smid=url-share

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/dining/mimi-sheraton-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=_uEk8YxsdRhZ6ZtJFbz3Js0roSM5pFWvjOXxbw_ovmAQor9P8ccPpZDzHeUeUIO4Cb6QbowrLbZzNs_EBQKToWLxxJ5mMec3cuIrOZiMXoAyDnZ9TbCpX5x6jqkeW6Yu3o6DSJf-NGHTDXoYAccUgtU9mXXfQuxZFhfJiojEFAHWYPdTwIHhNXANd5c2orc14G2FgbbTxQiip8PsGXGlGQQ1a0hj8jMveidZvEjaoX3zUOG4GrVIVoHZI2Kz2ZXZu0bUY_4T9GEfXDflS5d2nOxw3Hsd_PWPCeImUO6HpmGigNDTsSLyy_rcyC-Q6dDoAEr2ca24DjA5qQ&smid=url-share

[dcarch]

Many years ago, I was invited to a friend's house for dinner. Sheraton and her husbands were one of the 8 couples invited.

 

Food was not the main topic of conversations that evening. I was not much into reading food reviews and didn't start a conversation about food with her. The only thing I remember about that dinner was her husband made a few comments about she being overweight, and she seemed not offended by him. 

 

RIP.

dcarch

[heidih]

Inner workings of a marriage -  mystery. But even as a person not reading reviews I knew who she was , A force. I appreciated reading the obits because I did not realize the breadth of her impact. I think I "accidentally" clicked on a NYT promo so I saw it right away. 

Edited April 10, 2023 by heidih (log)

[blue_dolphin]

44 minutes ago, dcarch said:

The only thing I remember about that dinner was her husband made a few comments about she being overweight, and she seemed not offended by him. 

 

She seems to have had a pretty good sense of humor in that regard.  One of her quotes that often comes up was:

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“What finally prompted me to lose weight was a view of myself in a hairdresser’s full-length mirror when I was seated and wearing one of the salon’s floral print robes and realized that I looked like a slipcovered club chair.”