Where food is involved, New Year’s resolutions often mean eating less, or eating healthier.
But Mimi Sheraton’s “1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die” (Workman, $24.95) might set food lovers to writing their own, very different resolutions.
The descriptions are mouthwatering. Sheraton, a former restaurant critic for the New York Times as well as award-winning author, draws from a background of 60 years in food writing. The entries, divided by geographical region, start with afternoon tea and end with Tahitian vanilla.

Mimi Sheraton. Courtesy of Workman Publishing