Martha Bradley (fl. 1740s – 1755) was a British cookery book writer. Little is known about her life, except that she published the cookery book The British Housewife (pictured) in 1756 and worked as a cook for more than 30 years in the fashionable spa town of Bath, Somerset. The British Housewife was released as a 42-issue partwork between January and October 1756. It was published in a two-volume book form in 1758, and is more than a thousand pages long. It is likely that Bradley was dead before the partwork was published. The book follows the French style of nouvelle cuisine, distinguishing Bradley from other female cookery book writers at the time, who focused on a British style of food preparation. The work is carefully organised and the recipes taken from other authors are amended, suggesting she was a knowledgeable and experienced cook, able to improve on existing dishes. Because of the length of the book, it was not reprinted until 1996; as a result, few modern writers have written extensively on Bradley or her work.

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1933:

USS Ranger, the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_%28CV-4%29

1951:

After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Games

1994:

Israeli physician Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian Muslims praying at the mosque in Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs, killing 29 people and wounding 125 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre

2009:

At their headquarters in Pilkhana, members of the Bangladesh Rifles began a mutiny that resulted in 82 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_revolt

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yelm: 1. (UK, dialectal) A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm. 2. (transitive) To choose and lay out (straw) straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm. 3. (intransitive) To choose and lay out straw straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yelm

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