Mimi Sheraton Quotes

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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.

Mimi Sheraton

The aspect of gastronomy that most intrigues me now is the philosophy of food — the ideas, humors and beliefs behind the myriad food symbolisms in superstition, religion and folklore, and the social attitudes that foster the rules of eating we call manners or etiquette.

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Two generations ago, children were admonished never to eat while walking in the street, as it was vulgar.

Mimi Sheraton

In Eastern Europe bread and salt are considered lucky gifts for inhabitants of a new home.

Mimi Sheraton

Romances and marriages are usually over long before they are over.

Mimi Sheraton

We have higher quality conversations in restaurants than at home. It's as though we rise to the occasion by selecting worthwhile, less mundane subjects to discuss when eating out, just as we dress more carefully...

Mimi Sheraton

Mimi Sheraton

Mimi Sheraton

Born: February 10, 1926

Died: April 6, 2023 (aged 97)

Bio: Mimi Sheraton was an influential food critic born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY.

Known for:

The German cookbook (1965)
The Bialy Eaters (2000)
Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life (2004)
The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup (1995)

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