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a diva so beloved chefs turned her into dessert and dry toast.
means A name borrowed for several dishes — most famously peach Melba (peaches with raspberry sauce and ice cream) and Melba toast (thin, crisply twice-baked bread).
from From Dame Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian operatic soprano of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The French chef Auguste Escoffier created peach Melba in her honour while she stayed at a London hotel, and the wispy Melba toast is also credited to him, supposedly made for her during a spell of illness. Her own stage name was itself an invention — she took it from Melbourne, the city near where she grew up.
- named for
- Australian opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba
- the toast
- invented when she was sick and dieting
- the peach
- Escoffier built it on an ice swan
- stage name
- comes from her hometown, Melbourne
- stamp honor
- her face appeared on Australian currency
peach melba — dessert created by auguste escoffier at the savoy hotel london in 1893 for australian opera singer nellie melba
melba toast — thin crisp toast also named after nellie melba, popularized in early 1900s