Stop at the Red Apple (Excelsior Editions) by Lindenblatt, Elaine Freed -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Copyright Contents Part One: Beginnings

Prologue: Sold into Demise 1. A Seed Is Planted 2. In the Middle 3. The Restaurant Man 4. A Good Man 5. Checks and Balances 6. Dropping In 7. The Foster Child 8. From Depression to War 9. The War Ends

Part Two: Our Heyday

10. The Core of the Apple 11. The Habit of Eating 12. On a Bus 13. Doing My Job 14. The Calendar Turns 15. Comings and Goings 16. What We Leave Behind 17. Away for the Summer 18. Hacking It 19. Tangents of Trade 20. Show Me the Food

Sal’s standards

Daily Hot Sandwiches Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Sal’s specials

21. One of a Kind 22. The Party Line 23. A Dream of a Specialty 24. Hot Dog! 25. To Be Frank 26. Stand—and Be Counted 27. A Sure Bet 28. The Country Bumpkin

Part Three: Challenges Met

29. A New Generation 30. When Ruthie Met Joe 31. Scouting the Apple 32. The Road Not Taken 33. Sign Language 34. The Price Is Right 35. Fitting In 36. Wipe the Counter 37. Laundering the Crooked Money 38. Police Blotter 39. A Date in the Life 40. Driving Myself Crazy 41. Weather—or Not

Part Four: The Renovation

42. Can the Checks 43. Giving Thanks 44. A Day Off 45. Dinner at Grossinger’s 46. With Reservations 47. Where’s My Pig? 48. Cast of Characters 49. College Courses 50. Destination New York 51. The Danish Are Coming 52. Growing Pains 53. Tea at The Plaza 54. Two Weddings and a Robbery 55. Unrequited Recognition 56. Piano Man 57. The More It Changes 58. A Princess in Queens

Part Five: Constancy Amid Change

59. Feisty at Forty 60. The Dilemma of Uniqueness 61. Sal Versus Sol 62. Our Just Desserts

Uncle sal’s rice pudding Ingredients Procedure

63. A Year to Remember 64. The Cast, Revisited 65. A Moving Experience 66. There’s No Business … 67. Wishful Memory 68. It Takes a Family

Faith Food Fairness Foresight Fortitude Family

69. Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Part Six: It Ends

70. Forgiveness 71. Aftermath 72. The American Dream 73. A Guide to Ms. Pac-Man 74. Holding On 75. Letter to Elie Wiesel 76. Nothing Gold Can Stay 77. The Last Hot Dog 78. Crossing the Road 79. Hindsight 80. The Bridge of Silence 81. Touch the Living

Epilogue: That Place Called Home Contributors Acknowledgments Back cover