"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"
"""Eighteen Day Reducing Diet"" to Ethel Barrymore. It included Melba toast, which made the toast very popular at the time. 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"
"Pavlova (cake) Pavlova is a meringue-based cake named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It is a meringue dessert with a crisp crust and soft, light inside, usually topped with fruit and whipped cream. The name is pronounced , or like the name of the dancer, which was . The dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. The nationality of its creator has been a source of argument between the two nations for many years. In 2008, Helen Leach"
"status as a common feature of the friendly Trans-Tasman rivalry. NZI's parent company is Australian-owned. Pavlova (cake) Pavlova is a meringue-based cake named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. It is a meringue dessert with a crisp crust and soft, light inside, usually topped with fruit and whipped cream. The name is pronounced , or like the name of the dancer, which was . The dessert is believed to have been created in honour of the dancer either during or after one of her tours to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. The nationality of its creator has been"
"Peach Melba Peach Melba (, pronounced ) is a dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. The dish was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honor the Australian soprano Nellie Melba. In 1892, operatic soprano Nellie Melba was performing in Wagner's opera ""Lohengrin"" at Covent Garden. The Duke of Orléans gave a dinner party to celebrate her triumph. For the occasion, Escoffier created a new dessert, and to display it, he used an ice sculpture of a swan, which is featured in the opera. The swan"
"Anna Gare Anna Gare is an Australian musician, cook, television personality and author. Anna Gare was born 10 March 1969 in Subiaco, Western Australia and grew up in Fremantle. She attended the Lance Holt School, where as a student she ran a canteen for students and staff. She started off her career as a musician when she was twelve she formed an all-girl band with her sister, Sophie, and two friends, Jodie Bell and Lucy Lemann, called the Jam Tarts. The band was managed by their mother, Kate Gare. For ten years the Jam Tarts were a successful touring and"
"May Brahe Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (née Dickson) (6 November 188414 August 1956) was an Australian composer, best known for her songs and ballads. Her most famous song by far is ""Bless This House"", recorded by John McCormack, Beniamino Gigli, Lesley Garrett and Bryn Terfel. According to Move.com.au: ""She was the only Australian woman composer to win local an international recognition before World War II,"" having ""290 of her 500 songs published. Of these, 248 were written under her own name, the remainder under aliases. Mary Hannah Dickson was born in East Melbourne in 1884. She was known as May"
"is quoted as saying, ""Any variation on this recipe ruins the delicate balance of its taste."" In tribute to Escoffier an elaborate deconstruction of the peach Melba was served as the last dish at elBulli prior to its closure in 2012. Peach Melba Peach Melba (, pronounced ) is a dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream. The dish was invented in 1892 or 1893 by the French chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel, London, to honor the Australian soprano Nellie Melba. In 1892, operatic soprano Nellie Melba was performing in Wagner's opera ""Lohengrin"" at Covent"
"Carol Lloyd (Australian singer) Carol Ann Lloyd (1948–2017), born as Carol Ann Cramb, was an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, and advertising executive. She was described as ""Australia's original rock chick"" for her role in the Brisbane-based bands Railroad Gin (1973–75) and Carol Lloyd Band, as well as her solo career. She was recognised for her long, curly red hair, which was insured with Lloyd's of London for $100,000. Carol Ann Lloyd died on 13 February 2017 due to complications from her interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diagnosed four years earlier. Lloyd was born as Carol Ann Cramb"
"Dannii Minogue Dannii Minogue (born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer, songwriter, dancer, model, fashion designer, television presenter and actress. Dannii rose to prominence in the early 1980s for her roles in the Australian television talent show ""Young Talent Time"" and the soap opera ""Home and Away"", before beginning her career as a pop singer in the early 1990s. Minogue achieved early success with hits such as ""Love and Kisses"", ""This is It"", ""Jump to the Beat"" and ""Baby Love"", though by the release of her second album, her popularity as a singer had declined, leading her to make"
"Nikki Webster Nicole Marie Webster (born 30 April 1987) is an Australian pop singer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics opening ceremony and her single ""Strawberry Kisses"". Webster was born on 30 April 1987, to parents Tina and Mark Webster in Sydney. At a young age she told her parents that she wanted to go into show business, and started taking lessons. Webster's first job was as part of the ensemble cast in the pantomime ""Cinderella"", at the State Theatre in Sydney, at the age of five. The production starred Jo Beth"
"Gladys Moncrieff Gladys Moncrieff OBE (13 April 1892 – 8 February 1976) was an Australian singer who was so successful in musical theatre and recordings that she became known as 'Australia's Queen of Song' and 'Our Glad'. Moncrieff was born in Bundaberg, Queensland. Her father Robert Edward Moncrieff was a piano tuner, and her mother, who went by the stage name Amy Lambell, was a professional singer; they lived in North Isis. She attended several schools in north Queensland, and quickly became involved in music. Her first stage performance was at the age of six at the Queen's Theatre in"
"by the chewy caramel and decadent chocolate. Some of the first known recipes and references are in Australian journals and cookbooks from the 1970s, most notably in ""The Australian Women's Weekly,"" where it is known as ""caramel slice"". An alternative name ""millionaire's shortbread"" of this decadent confection seems to have originated in Scotland. Highlighting just how popular this confection has become outside of Australia and Britain, the dessert was featured in a 2018 episode of ""America's Test Kitchen"", accompanied by a recipe. The name millionaire shortbread comes from the rich variety of ingredients included in these patisseries, although different countries"
"as well as ""Alma"" (1842) and ""Lalla Rookh"" (1846). Later in 1845, her choreographic talent became recognized after she presented her own ballet, ""Rosida"". For nine seasons, from 1840 to 1848, Cerrito became a very well-respected dancer at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, where the celebrity chef Alexis Soyer created a molded dessert in her honour that was topped with a miniature figure of the dancer herself, weightlessly poised on a spun sugar zig-zag spiral. Fanny Cerrito Francesca ""Fanny"" Cerrito (11 May 1817 – 6 May 1909) was an Italian ballet dancer and choreographer. She was a ballerina noted for the"
"other, and I was too young to get locked down"". Nikki and her partner, Matthew McMah, were engaged in January 2011. In an interview, Webster was quoted as saying ""I can't wait for the rest of our lives together."" They were married on 10 November 2012. Nikki and husband Matthew have two children. Nikki Webster Nicole Marie Webster (born 30 April 1987) is an Australian pop singer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics opening ceremony and her single ""Strawberry Kisses"". Webster was born on 30 April 1987, to parents Tina and Mark"
"in Australia. Her great-grandson (by her son Major Frank James Carandini, Marquis of Sarzano) was actor Sir Christopher Lee and her great-great-granddaughter is Dame Harriet Walter. A street in the Canberra suburb of Melba is named in her honour. Marie Carandini Marie Carandini (""née"" Burgess; 1 February 1826 – 13 April 1894) was an English-Australian opera singer. Carandini was born in Brixton, Surrey, the daughter of James and Martha Burgess (née Medwin) and was brought by her parents to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in 1833. At the age of 17, she married an Italian nobleman, Jerome Carandini, the Marquis"
"grocery stores, to meet demands for year-round availability. During Spring: Artichoke, Asparagus, Bean shoots, Beetroot, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Leek, Lettuce, Mushrooms, Peas, Rhubarb, and Spinach. During Summer: Capsicum, Cucumber, Eggplant, Squash, Tomato, and Zucchini. Iconic Australian foods include: ANZAC biscuits, lamingtons, pavlova, Tim Tams, fairy bread and Vegemite, a vitamin-rich, savoury brewers yeast which is spread on toasted bread. The oldest known named recipe for pavlova is from New Zealand, it's often said in Australian history that the dessert took its name from Anna Pavlova at the Esplanade Hotel in Perth during a tour of the state where she"
"Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym ""Melba"" from Melbourne, her home town. Melba studied singing in Melbourne and made a modest success in performances there. After a brief and unsuccessful marriage, she moved to Europe in search of a singing career. Failing to find engagements in London in 1886, she studied"
"Toni Lamond Patricia Lamond Lawman AM (born 29 March 1932), professionally known as Toni Lamond, is an Australian cabaret singer, stage and television actor, dancer and comedian. She was given the nickname of ""Lolly-Legs Lamond"" by fellow veteran performer Noel Ferrier after being voted as having the second-best pair of legs in television while doing ""In Melbourne Tonight"". Lamond was born in Sydney in 1932, as Patricia Lamond Lawman. She began her professional career at the age of ten when she sang on the radio while touring with her vaudevillian parents in variety shows, which included her actress mother Stella"
"Lorrae Desmond Lorrae Desmond, MBE (2 October 1932), born as Beryl Hunt, is an Australian retired Gold Logie-award-winning singer, entertainer, character actress and theatre lyricist, with a career that spanned over 60 years, both locally and internationally. She started her career in England, particularly as a singer and radio/television presenter before returning to Australia where she became a popular actress remains best known to early television audiences as presenter of the self-titled musical variety program ""The Lorrae Desmond Show"" from 1960 until 1964, her live singing performances as a forces sweetheart and for her soap opera roles including the 1970s"
"Hill, New South Wales in 1956; she was survived by two sons and a daughter of her first marriage and a son of her second. May Brahe Mary Hannah (May) Brahe (née Dickson) (6 November 188414 August 1956) was an Australian composer, best known for her songs and ballads. Her most famous song by far is ""Bless This House"", recorded by John McCormack, Beniamino Gigli, Lesley Garrett and Bryn Terfel. According to Move.com.au: ""She was the only Australian woman composer to win local an international recognition before World War II,"" having ""290 of her 500 songs published. Of these, 248"
"2016. As of April 2018, the series is streaming on Netflix. Ratings data is from OzTAM and represents the average viewership from the 5 largest Australian metropolitan centres (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide). Zumbo's Just Desserts Zumbo's Just Desserts is an Australian baking reality competition television program on the Seven Network. The program was developed by the creators of ""My Kitchen Rules"",and is hosted by Adriano Zumbo and Rachel Khoo, with Gigi Falanga as assistant. The first season was won by Kate, who received $100,000 prize money and her dessert was featured in Zumbo's shop. A second season was"
"such as gelatin. In many of the Commonwealth nations including Canada and in Ireland, gelatin desserts are often called jelly. In the United States, gelatin desserts are sometimes called jello or gelatin. Popular brands of premixed gelatin include Aeroplane Jelly in Australia, Hartley's (formerly Rowntree's) in the United Kingdom, and Jell-O from Kraft Foods and Royal from Jel Sert in North America. Gelatin dessert Gelatin desserts are desserts made with a sweetened and flavored processed collagen product (gelatin). This kind of dessert is first recorded as jelly by Hannah Glasse in her 18th century book ""The Art of Cookery"", appearing"
"Butterfly Boucher Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher (born 2 June 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer born in Adelaide. From the age of 15 years she played bass guitar in her older sister, Rebecca Boucher Burns (Becca)'s band Eat the Menu (later named The Mercy Bell), which issued a debut album, ""Whoosh"", in 1996. Since mid-2000 Boucher has lived in Nashville, United States, and has released four solo albums, ""Flutterby"" (October 2003), ""Scary Fragile"" (June 2009) a self-titled album (April 2012), and a 10th-anniversary celebration of Flutterby called ""Happy Birthday Flutterby"" (23 August 2014). Since 2008 Boucher has"
"2001 inclusion of the frog cake as a South Australian icon saw a comparable increase in sales. The success of the frog cake has led to imitations, and in response Balfours registered both the name and the shape of the product as a trademark in 2001. Frog cake The frog cake is a dessert in the shape of a frog's head, composed of sponge cake and cream covered with fondant. It was created by the Balfours bakery in 1922, and soon became a popular treat in South Australia. Originally frog cakes were available exclusively in green, but later brown and"
"Queen Fine Foods Queen Fine Foods is Australia's leading producer of pure vanilla extracts, food colourings, and baking aids. The product Queen Vanilla was named after Queen Victoria, and was endorsed by her Majesty. In 1897 Brisbane pharmacist Edward Taylor created a range of extracts, including vanilla. He and partner Mr. Colledge formed the Queen brand, and began to win awards for their flavourings. By the 1920s, the Queen Vanilla range was sold in hand made glass bottles. The company was purchased by the Himstedt family in 1978. Queen's manufacturing facility was established in Alderley, Brisbane during the 1980s. Between"
"Carol Richards Carol Swiedler (Stage name Carol Richards or Carole Richards), (June 6, 1922 – March 16, 2007) was an American singer, radio and television performer, remembered for her duets with Bing Crosby on the hit single ""Silver Bells"" and on the song ""Sunshine Cake."" The daughter of George and Martha Vosburgh, Richards was born Carol June Vosburgh in Harvard, Illinois. She had three siblings. Her father worked for the Northwestern Railroad. She began performing at age 4, but within a couple of years her mother thought she was acting ""like a diva"", and wouldn't let her take the stage"
"earlier version was penned in 1929 in a rural magazine. The Australian website ""Australian Flavour"" gives the earlier date of 1926 for its creation, suggesting that ""Home Cookery for New Zealand"", by Australian writer Emily Futter, contained a recipe for ""Meringue with Fruit Filling"". This recipe was similar to today's version of the dessert. It has been claimed that Bert Sachse created the dish at the Esplanade Hotel in Perth, Western Australia in 1935. In defence of his claim as inventor of the dish, a relative of Sachse's wrote to Leach suggesting that Sachse may have accidentally dated the recipe"
"known as the Victoria sandwich or Victorian cake, was named after Queen Victoria, who was known to enjoy a slice of the sponge cake with her afternoon tea. The sponge part evolved from the classic pound cake – equal quantities of butter, sugar, eggs and flour. The difference was the Victorian creation of baking powder, which was discovered by English food manufacturer Alfred Bird in 1843, which enabled the sponge to rise higher. This invention, writes cookery author Felicity Cloake, ""was celebrated with a patriotic cake"", Victoria sponge. A typical Victoria sponge filling consists of strawberry jam and whipped double"
"where she underwent Deep Sleep Therapy. She overcame and publicly discussed the issue in an episode of ""The Mike Walsh Show"", becoming one of the first Australian media personalities to do so. Her son is actor and writer Tony Sheldon. Toni Lamond Patricia Lamond Lawman AM (born 29 March 1932), professionally known as Toni Lamond, is an Australian cabaret singer, stage and television actor, dancer and comedian. She was given the nickname of ""Lolly-Legs Lamond"" by fellow veteran performer Noel Ferrier after being voted as having the second-best pair of legs in television while doing ""In Melbourne Tonight"". Lamond was"
"Allison Durbin Allison Ann Durbin (born 24 May 1950), who now goes by the married name Alison Ann Giles is a former New Zealand Australian pop singer, known for her success in the late 1960s and 1970s as the ""Queen of Pop"". Durbin's visual 'trademark' at her height was her lustrous waist-length auburn hair. She is a relative of Canadian actress and lyric soprano Deanna Durbin Durbin was born in Auckland, New Zealand to Owen Durbin (born c. 1912/1913) and Agnes Durbin, the second eldest of seven She attended school at Westlake High School, and performed for four year in"
"Gregor von Görög, chef to the royal family, was an enthusiast of Escoffier's zealous organization. Aristocratic women, hitherto unaccustomed to dining in public, were now ""seen in full regalia in the Savoy dining and supper rooms"". Escoffier created many famous dishes at the Savoy. In 1893, he invented the ""pêche Melba"" in honour of the Australian singer Nellie Melba, and in 1897, Melba toast. Other Escoffier creations, famous in their time, were the ""bombe Néro"" (a flaming ice), ""fraises à la Sarah Bernhardt"" (strawberries with pineapple and Curaçao sorbet), ""baisers de Vierge"" (meringue with vanilla cream and crystallized white rose"
"Melanie Shanahan Melanie Therese Shanahan (January 196410 December 2003) was an Australian world-folk singer-songwriter, choir director and vocal coach. She was a member of the groups, Arramaieda (1987–95) and Akasa (1998–2002). She also collaborated with Coco's Lunch and Safara. Shanahan had mental health problems from the 1990s, and she committed suicide at the age of 39. Melanie Therese Shanahan, performed in Sydney from the mid-1970s. She was influenced by political singer-songwriters, in particular Sweet Honey in the Rock. She had no formal singing lessons. Shanahan moved to Hobart, to participate in the environmentalist movement, where she formed a female a"