Sharon Tyler Herbst, author of 17 books on food and wine, died Friday at her Bodega Bay home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Mrs. Herbst is probably best known for "The Food Lover's ...

Sharon Tyler Herbst, author of the pocket-size Food Lover'sCompanion, died Friday of ovarian cancer at her home in Bodega Bay, Calif. First published in 1990 and never out of print since ...

Cookbook author Sharon Tyler Herbst, whose “The Food Lover’s Companion” became a kitchen staple with its thousands of definitions of edibles from around the world, has died.