Mimi Sheraton is a journalist, restaurant critic, lecturer, IACP and James Beard Award winning cookbook author, and the woman about whom famed chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten declared: Her knowledge knows no bounds, her glossary of flavors is ultimate. Her opinion is like gold. The former restaurant critic of "The New York Times", she s also written for "The New Yorker", "Vogue", "Vanity Fair", " Food & Wine", "Smithsonian", and more. Ms. Sheraton lives in New York City.