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Title: Colman Andrews Papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-1996
Collection number: 1428
Creator: Andrews, Colman.
Extent: 27 boxes (13.5 linear ft.)1 oversize box.
Abstract: Colman Andrews wrote
Best Restaurants, Los Angeles and Southern California (with others, c. 1978),
Best Restaurants Los Angeles (c. 1984) and
Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret (1988). The collection consists of Andrews' manuscripts, correspondence, notes, published articles, printed and photocopied
articles, and the typed manuscript, advance proof, and paperback edition of
Catalan Cuisine: Europe's Last Great Culinary Secret in English and Catalan.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Colman Andrews grew up in Southern California and graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Philosophy
in 1969. He wrote
Catalan cuisine : Europe's last great culinary secret (1988),
Everything on the table : plain talk about food and wine (1992), and
Flavors of the Riviera (1996); he co-authored and edited
Saveur cooks authentic American (1998),
Saveur cooks authentic French (1999), and
Saveur cooks authentic Italian (2001); he contributed to the books,
Malaparte : a house like me (1999), and
Setting the American table : essays for the new culture of food and wine (2001); as well as over 2500 freelance articles (1966-2004) on food, wine, and the arts. His articles have appeared in
Bon Appetit, the
Chicago Sun-Times,
Christian science monitor,
Creem,
Food & wine, the
Hollywood reporter,
Los Angeles magazine, the
Los Angeles press, the
Los Angeles Times, the
Mail on Sunday (UK),
Metropolitan home,
Musica jazz (Italy),
Phonograph record magazine, the
Radio times (UK),
Travel leisure, and the
Sunday Telegraph magazine (UK). Andrews has won numerous awards for his writing and was one of the first 50 recipients named in
Who's Who of Cooking in America (1985).
The bulk of the collection consists of typescripts of articles, reviews, short stories and screenplays written by Colman Andrews.
Included are magazine and newspaper clippings of articles written for the
Los Angeles Times, as well as many music, food and travel articles written during the 1970s and 1980s. There are biographies of jazz and rock
musicians from the 1960s and 1970s and reviews of live performances. The collection contains the setting copies and drafts
for
Catalan cuisine (1988-1989),
Listener's guide to jazz (1980),
Everything on the table (1991-1992),
Appetites and attitudes (no date), and
Flavors of the Riviera (1996) as well as a paperback copy of
Catalan cuisine (1988) and
Cocina Catalan (1989) by Colman Andrews. Also included are general correspondence, correspondence between Andrews and various editors, and
related business correspondence. There is a small amount of material of his writings as a child, material from his college
days, and articles on the various subjects in which he collected.
Arranged in the following series and sub-series:
- Collected by Colman Andrews
- Magazine clippings
- Magazines
- Correspondence
- Itinerary
- Magazines
- Newspaper clippings
- Recipes
- Writings by Colman Andrews
- Articles
- Biography
- Book reviews
- Books
- Food
- Magazine clippings
- Music--biography
- Music--live performance reviews
- Music--record labels
- Music--record reviews
- Poetry
- Restaurant reviews
- Restaurant reviews--book (Best restaurants)
- Stories/screenplays
- Theatre review
- Travel
- Wine
- Wine--magazine clippings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Andrews, Colman--Archives.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Cookery, Spanish--Catalonian style.
Manuscripts for publication.