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1. Forgotten cookbook connects community with favorite recipes from the past

From cornbread to barbecue chicken, Dusty Hudgins is shining a light on recipes once beloved by the cafeteria workers of Abilene, Texas. Hudgins' late mother, Florice, was one of those workers, serving lunch to kids in the 1960s and '70s. While looking through her belongings, Hudgins discovered several vintage cookbooks, including one titled Our Favorite Recipes by the Abilene School Food Service Association. Hudgins told CNN he made a post about the cookbook on a nostalgia Facebook page and "it just kind of blew up." Hudgins got in touch with the company that originally published the book, and they were able to reprint it. He is now selling copies for $20, with all proceeds going to Love and Care Ministries, a group that feeds school children during holidays and on weekends. Each recipe has a name attached, which makes Our Favorite Recipes all the more special. "I've heard from quite a few people that tell that the recipe was their grandmother's or great aunt," Hudgins said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.