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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Colman Andrews papers
Creator:
Andrews, Colman
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1428
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(1 oversize box)
Physical Description:
13.5 Linear Feet
(27 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1958-1996
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.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Colman Andrews, 1985, 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Colman Andrews Papers (Collection 1428). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processing Information
Processed by Piyapong Kong Phongpatanakhun, July 2004.
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Biography
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).
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
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
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Manuscripts for publication
Cookery, Spanish -- Catalonian style.
Andrews, Colman--Archives.