The story
- French · borrowed fromPêche Melba
- English todayPeach Melba
Borrowed from French Pêche Melba, a dessert created by Chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1892 or 1893 and named after Australian opera singer Nellie Melba, who took the pseudonym “Melba” from Melbourne, her hometown.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.