to name just a few. Nellie Melba loved to eat and throughout her career struggled with controlling her weight, a circumstance which led to an unsubstantiated bit of lore about melba toast's owing ...

In 1938 the Weils changed the company name to Devonsheer Melba, to suggest an English origin. The business grew, with Melba toast`s remaining the bellwether. Column: The cruelty of the Chicago ...