Colman Andrews

Colman Andrews, a senior editor for 24/7 Wall St., is an internationally known food writer and editor. He was previously the editor in chief of Saveur magazine, which he co-founded, and the vice president and editorial director of TheDailyMeal.com. He is the author of an estimated 3,000 articles, essays, and reviews on food, wine, travel, music, art, architecture, design, the entertainment industry, and social issues, published on three continents, and has written nine books on food, including cookbooks, a biography, and a memoir.

Andrews is the winner of eight James Beard Awards, including 2010 Cookbook of the Year, as well as awards from Britain’s Guild of Food Writers and the International Association of Cooking Professionals. In 1985, he became one of the first 50 figures named to the Who’s Who of Cooking in America. In 2012, the government of Catalonia gave Andrews the Creu de Sant Jordi, its highest civilian honor, for his work in promoting Catalan cuisine.

Lastest Stories by Colman Andrews

The Best Breakfast Sandwich in Every State
“It is a hero among sandwiches, although it is not the one called a hero,” wrote critic Pete Wells in the New York Times several years ago. He was talking about the breakfast sandwich, an...
Colman Andrews
9 hours ago

America’s 40 Most Delicious Beers
Though Americans drink more wine now than they did 20 years ago, and though both cocktails and spirits are gaining an ever-increasing market share, we remain, as a whole, a nation of beer drinkers....
Colman Andrews
2 days ago

The Biggest Battles America Has Ever Fought
In the annals of American history, there are battles that have etched themselves into the collective memory, forever shaping the course of the nation. These monumental clashes, waged on fields both...
Colman Andrews
4 days ago

35 Horrifying Images of World War II
To those who haven’t lived – or aren’t living – through it, war often seems distant, geographically and notionally. We read of sieges, battles, destruction, death and understand how...
Colman Andrews, Christina Nava
5 days ago

Tina Turner’s Biggest Hit Albums
They called her an icon, and “one of the most powerful and charismatic performers in the world.” She was hailed time and again as a force of nature, a living legend. Countless writers, fans, and...
Colman Andrews
7 days ago

Signature Dishes from 50 American Cities
Food snobs and scholars may debate whether or not there’s such a thing as American cuisine. A distinguished Yale history professor has even written a book on the subject. What can’t be denied is...
Colman Andrews
11 days ago

Iconic Guns Used by Hollywood's Most Famous Spies
Spies have been a movie staple for almost a century. Though there may have been references to espionage in earlier movies, the first spy film ever made was probably ”Mata Hari,” a 1931 hit...
Colman Andrews
11 days ago
Last Updated: 11 days ago

Healthy Versions of Old-School Junk-Food Snacks You Want to Try
Americans love to snack. The market research firm NPD reported that we consumed nearly 386 billion ready-to-eat individual snack foods in 2018. While healthier snacks are trending, NPD notes that...
Colman Andrews
12 days ago
Last Updated: 8 days ago

24 Iconic Sandwiches You Can Make at Home
Staying away from the fridge is a challenge for many, especially people working from home. Whether you are hungry or just bored, the result if often the same — you make yourself a snack....
Colman Andrews
17 days ago

20 British Food Terms That Confuse Americans
“England and America are two countries separated by the same language,” George Bernard Shaw once said (perhaps). There’s no denying that our two nations use certain identical words in very...
Colman Andrews
19 days ago

The Strangest Food From Every State
America is a huge country with immense variation in climate and topography and a diverse population drawn from hundreds of nations around the world. These factors add up to incredible variety in what...
Colman Andrews
19 days ago

9 Vegetables You Should Never Eat Raw
Are raw foods healthier than cooked foods? Some people believe they are — to the extent that they’ll eat nothing but. Raw foodists, as such folks are sometimes called, maintain that consuming...
Colman Andrews
23 days ago

Retro Restaurant Dishes We May Never See Again
Food fashions come and go just like fashions of any other kind. Availability of new ingredients, increased familiarity with different cuisines, the imagination of chefs and restaurateurs, and simply...
Colman Andrews
26 days ago

Iconic Drinks From Every State Everyone Should Try
Drinking habits, like just about everything else, vary from place to place, and some cocktails and other types of beverages are more closely identified with certain states than others.  People have...
Colman Andrews
26 days ago

‘You Light Up My Life’ by Debbie Boone is the Biggest One-Hit Wonder of the 1970s
In the 1970s, disco was big and hip-hop was growing, but the period was also known for a number of one-hit wonders. The most successful of these was “You Light Up My Life,” sung by Debby...
Colman Andrews
27 days ago