![]() ![]() Interested in learning more or wanting to get started? Please call our office, 78. Additionally, Herington has available plots to be rented. The Abilene garden has raised beds and plots available to be rented. Wanting to join the Chisholm Trail District team? We are currently hiring an office professional located in the Marion County office! If you have any questions please call out office at 62 or email Rickey Roberts, DescriptionĪpplicaton, please email complete applications to Rickey! EventsĪre you interested in gardening but, don't have the space to do it? Dickinson county has two community gardens (Herington and Abilene) available to garden in. We work at being responsive to the needs of the people by focusing our resources on providing quality information, education and problem-solving programs for real concerns. Our philosophy is to help people help themselves by taking university knowledge to where people live, work, play, develop, and lead. We take programs to schools, gardens, community centers, and other places. While working together as a district, extension offices are able to be more efficient, effective and sustainable and agents are able to specialize and provide more in-depth programming while having access to additional resources and support.Įxtension programs present useful information related to agriculture, home economics, youth development, family life, business and economics, healthy living, and much more. Now, today’s cooks can add their notes to the reprint while the cookbook inspires family meals.Extension Districts are an exciting opportunity to provide communities with additional resources, activities and programs. Within the pages the notes point out things like “this one is good” or “good to take to church.” Our Favorite Recipes has become a beautiful legacy from Florice. What’s more, people appreciate the work to preserve family recipes.ĭusty’s original copy of the book contains the best treasure – it includes notes in his mother’s handwriting. He has received many letters and comments about the joy the cookbook has brought. Reprinting the cookbook and selling it in his mother’s honor keeps Dusty busy in his retirement. Bringing Joy and Preserving Historyĭusty has developed a bit of a reputation as being the “cookbook guy” and calls himself the Cookbook Kid. As a result, some orders for cookbooks come in with additional donations for CarePack for Kids. This means the cookbook created by a lunch lady still continues to feed the children of the community today. Profits from Our Favorite Recipes goes to the local Love & Care Ministries and their program “CarePack for Kids,” providing food for kids in need over weekends and holidays. ![]() Now that the word is out, Dusty finds himself filling orders for the cookbook daily. In time the cookbook appeared in local newspapers, Southern Living magazine and CNN, causing sales to increase. Soon, Dusty had to place a reorder with the printer. Word got out about the cookbook and it started selling quickly. Furthermore, people have commented that even the cover is the same and maintains the aged and stained look of the original. With attention to detail, they kept it as close to the original as possible, preserving the vintage charm of the book. So at Dusty’s request, the printer retyped and recreated the book. ![]() However, due to the time that had passed, there were no electronic files. Dusty reached out to Jumbo Jack’s (now a division of Cookbook Specialists).Ĭookbook Specialists, located in Iowa, quickly found the original records for the book. Thankfully, a friend had a cookbook from about the same year and shared the printer’s name. Cookbook Journey to Print as a Reprintĭusty wanted to find the original printer of the book to do the reprint, but the printer’s name wasn’t in the book. Some recipes call for items not often used today, including lard, Accent, and oleo. ![]() This helped her capture the flavors of 1960 Abilene homes. The city’s lunch ladies shared recipes they served at home for Florice’s cookbook. Vintage Cookbook with Local FlavorĪs she worked in the cafeteria for the Abilene, Texas, school district, Dusty’s mom, Florice Hudgins created Our Favorite Recipes. Later he posted a photo of the cookbook on social media and people began asking for copies of the cookbook. Written on the inside front cover he found his mom’s signature and the date February 26, 1963. When he came across a book called Our Favorite Recipes, it caught his eye. This cookbook’s journey to print started with Dusty going through his mom’s cookbooks after she passed away. Reprinting his mom’s cookbook Our Favorite Recipes, by Abilene School Food Service Association allowed Dusty Hudgins to preserve history and bring a vintage cookbook to a new generation. A Cookbook’s Journey to Print Starts with Finding a Treasure ![]()
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