Eliza Acton (17 April 1799 – 13 February 1859) was an English food
writer and poet. In 1845 her cookbook Modern Cookery for Private
Families was released. It was one of Britain's first cookbooks aimed at
the domestic reader and introduced the now-universal practice of listing
ingredients and giving suggested cooking times for each recipe. It
included the first recipes in English for Brussels sprouts and for
spaghetti, and contains the first printed reference to Christmas
pudding. Engagingly written, the book was well received by reviewers. It
was reprinted within the year and several editions followed until 1918.
In the later years of its publication, Modern Cookery was eclipsed by
the success of Isabella Beeton's bestselling Mrs Beeton's Book of
Household Management (1861), which included several recipes plagiarised
from Acton's work. Many English cooks have been influenced by Acton,
including Elizabeth David, Jane Grigson, Delia Smith and Rick Stein.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza_Acton>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1797:
French Revolutionary Wars: British Lieutenant General Ralph
Abercromby and a force of 7,000 invaded Spanish-controlled Puerto Rico.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_%281797%29>
1969:
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United
States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirhan_Sirhan>
1986:
Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single
shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and
the Isles of Scilly declared peace.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years%27_War>
2014:
NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f (artist's
impression shown), the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's
discovered in the habitable zone of another star.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-186f>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
implacable:
1. Not able to be placated or appeased.
2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
3. Adamant; immovable.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/implacable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
As angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth
sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into
glory peep.
--Henry Vaughan
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Vaughan>