Mimi Sheraton is a pioneering food writer ... She has written sixteen books, including The German Cookbook, that was reissued last year in a 50th anniversay edition and a memoir, Eating My Words ...

and “The New York Times Jewish Cookbook.” (JTA) — Growing up in a Jewish home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Mimi Sheraton seemed destined for a life in food. Her father, Joseph, sold ...