Doug Hubbard, who compiled “Favorite Recipes of Famous Texans” in 1988, was not an outsider to Fredericksburg. By the mid-1970s, he was serving as Executive Director of the Admiral Nimitz Center here and later was associated for years with leadership at the Nimitz Museum, now the National Museum of the Pacific War. So, when Hubbard labels a recipe “Governor Shivers’ favorite,” it comes from someone who moved in Texas history circles, even if the paper trail for that particular dessert is elusive.