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
Beans On Toast (musician) on 1 December 2013 and made it into the top ten of the iTunes’ Singer-Songwriter Charts. In 2014, Beans On Toast performed to a crowd of over 100,000 in one week while opening Frank Turner’s UK stadium tour. In the same year, he embarked upon his first American tour, playing headline shows as well as several dates with Irish-American punk band Flogging Molly. A limited edition 10" was released in the UK entitled "Best of Toast Pressed On A Vinyl" for Record Store Day 2014 in April. This led to a sixth studio album, "The Grand Scheme of Things", followed