A classic among summer ice cream recipes: Peach Melba (or Melba cup). Invented in 1894 by chef Auguste Escoffier in honor of the singer Nellie Melba, this refreshing and indulgent dessert will ...

No. The delicious, summery, peach, raspberry and ice-cream dessert known as peach melba is named after her ... a beautiful boat in the shape of a swan. The following evening, Escoffier presented ...