Assertion: melba toast | /r/HasProperty | created for melba
Facets:
value: to aid the singer
type: PURPOSE
value: deliberately
type: MANNER
value: by auguste escoffier
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The more likely explanation, however, is that melba toast was deliberately created for Melba by Auguste Escoffier, the legendary cook at the Savoy, either to aid the singer in her constant quest to maintain her weight or as the kind offering of a friend in response to a bout of illness the soprano suffered in 1897 which rendered her temporarily unable to tolerate more typical foodstuffs.