Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781) was an English author, innovator and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Doncaster, Yorkshire, Raffald went into domestic service for fifteen years, ending as the housekeeper to the Warburton baronets at Arley Hall, Cheshire. She moved with her husband to Manchester, where she opened a register office to introduce domestic workers to employers; she also ran a cookery school and sold food from the premises. In 1769 she published her cookery book The Experienced English Housekeeper, which contains the first recipe for a "Bride Cake" that is recognisable as a modern wedding cake. She is possibly the inventor of the Eccles cake. In August 1772 Raffald published The Manchester Directory, a listing of 1,505 traders and civic leaders in Manchester—the first such listing for the up-and-coming town. Her recipes were plagiarised by other authors, notably by Isabella Beeton in her bestselling Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1837:

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Mentor_Johnson

1879:

Enraged by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators rioted and attacked the England team during a match in Sydney, Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Riot_of_1879

1960:

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame (example star pictured) took place in Hollywood, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame

2010:

A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggered a series of avalanches that buried over 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road, killed 175 people and trapped more than 2,500 travellers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Salang_avalanches

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

pipe: 1. (music) A wind instrument consisting of a tube, often lined with holes to allow for adjustment in pitch, sounded by blowing into the tube. […] 2. A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. […] 3. (Australia, colloquial, now historical) An anonymous satire or essay, insulting and frequently libellous, written on a piece of paper which was rolled up and left somewhere public where it could be found and thus spread, to embarrass the author's enemies. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pipe

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The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is divine meaning in the life of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and of me. Creation happens to us, burns itself into us, recasts us in burning — we tremble and are faint, we submit. We take part in creation, meet the Creator, reach out to Him, helpers and companions.   --Martin Buber https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Buber