House of plenty : the rise, fall, and revival of Luby's Cafeterias / Carol Dawson and Carol Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Carol, 1951-

Contributor:

Johnston, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Luby's Cafeterias, Inc--History.

Luby's Cafeterias, Inc.

Cafeterias--United States--History.

Cafeterias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Violet Crown Award, Writers League of Texas, 2007 Citation, San Antonio Conservation Society, 2009 Scarred by the deaths of his mother and sisters and the failure of his father's business, a young man dreamed of making enough money to retire early and retreat into the secure world that his childhood tragedies had torn from him.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

1. BLOOD SACRIFICE IN TEXAS

2. PLANTING SEEDS

3. GROWING SEASON

4. FIRST HARVEST: Portrait of a Budding Magnate

5. RECRUITING NEW HANDS FOR THE SECOND CROP: The Band Begins to Gather

6. THE 60,000 INCUBATOR

7. SALAD DAYS

8. THE WORM IN THE APPLE

9. CUTTING THE JELL-O

10. HADDOCK ALMONDINE AND CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK

11. THE WORM GNAWS DEEPER

12. SCALLOPED SQUASH AND SPINACH PUDDING

13. YEAST ROLLS, BISCUITS, AND TWO KINDS OF CORNBREAD

14. CHERRY COBBLER AND COCONUT CREAM PIE

15. DEVILED EGGS AND STUFFED JALAPENOS

16. HOT COFFEE, ICED TEA, PINK LEMONADE, OR JUST PLAIN WATER

17. CONDIMENTS ON THE SIDE

18. DIRTY DISHES

19. OVER, FORK OVER

20. LEFTOVERS

EPILOGUE

AFTERWORD (Carol Johnston)

LUBY FAMILY TREE (partial)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SELECTED SOURCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-263) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-292-79406-1

OCLC:

309913083