Sheila Lukins was born in Philadelphia on 3rd October 1942. She was a food writer and a cook. “The Silver Palate” and “the New Basics Cookbook” which are the series of the cooking books were co-authored by her with Julee Rosso and that was the book which gave her fame actually. These books are the very popular set of food guides.

Many Americans were introduced to the Southern and Eastern European and French techniques of cooking and ingredients as well through these books by Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso. More than seven million copies of these books have been sold yet. Sheila Lukins was also the owner and co-founder of the popular gourmet shop “Silver Palate” in New York City.

She was the columnist and food editor for “Parade” for the last 23 years. This position was previously with Julia Child. Sheila Lukins spent her childhood in Westport, Connecticut and Norwalk. She got the arts education from the “School of Visual Arts”, “Tyler School of Fine Arts” and “New York University” and earned the bachelor’s degree in Art Education.

Sheila Lukins joined Le Cordon Bleu in London, England as a graphic designer. And later on she continued culinary education in France and that was the place where she worked with Michelin being a star chef in Bordeaux. Sheila Lukins was diagnosed brain cancer in the month of June 2009 and died on August 30, 2009 due to the same disease at her home in Manhattan. she died at the age of 66.

Sheila Lukins

Sheila Lukins

Sheila Lukins

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