Melba toast

Melba toast is a very dry, crisp, thinly sliced toast. It is served with soups and salads, or topped with melted cheese. It is named after Dame[?] Nellie Melba, the stage name for Australian opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell, and is thought to date back to 1897, a year when the singer was very ill and this kind of toast became a staple of her diet.

See also:

• Peach Melba[?]