Melba toast Melba toast Melba toast is a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pâté. It is named after Dame Nellie Melba, the stage name of Australian opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell. Its name is thought to date from 1897, when the singer was very ill and it became a staple of her diet. The toast was created for her by chef and fan Auguste Escoffier, who also created the Peach Melba dessert for her. The hotel proprietor César Ritz supposedly named it in a conversation with Escoffier. Melba
Welsh Rarebit (radio programme) Welsh Rarebit (radio programme) Welsh Rarebit was a British radio variety show broadcast from Cardiff by the BBC between February 1940 and December 1952. The title was taken from that of the Welsh dish of the same name. The show's most lasting legacy remains its closing song, "We'll Keep a Welcome (in the Hillsides)". Billed as "a programme of variety and topicalities", it began life as a monthly 30-minute feature in the BBC's wartime Forces Programme, and was designed for the entertainment of armed forces personnel, in particular for those whose home was in Wales, but quickly became popular generally,