m.f.k. fisher once said, "i loved everything she does and says about food."ewest book is called "1,000 foods to eat before you die." it encompasses 70 world cuisines and took 10 years to complete. i'm pleased to have mimi sheraton at this table. welcome. mimi: delighted to be here. delighted. charlie: you are a perfect example of somebody who called and said i have an interesting book and want to make sure you see it. and then you called back. mimi: right. charlie: i'm pleased -- mimi: 1,000 times. before i die. charlie: what about 1,000 foods before you die? mimi: i said in the introduction and i mean it that it's kind of an autobiography. because going in search of these foods over a 60-year period, writing about food, it shaped my life. places i went, the friends i made. all of the things i did were more or less fitted into the schedule for researching foods like this. whether for "the new york times" or the conde nast traveler and my 16 other books out there. charlie: when did you find this passion for food? mimi: when i was born. charlie: is that right?