Two key New York City restaurant figures have written juicy memoirs. In Sirio, Sirio Maccioni of the Le Cirque empire recounts his rise from an impoverished Tuscan childhood. In Eating My Words, Mimi Sheraton, the powerful New York Times critic of the 1970s and '80s, tells behind-the-scene tales of her exploits as a restaurant reviewer.

Published July 2004