Blanch Explained

Blanch or blanching may refer to:

People

• Andrea Blanch (born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer
• Arnold Blanch (1896–1968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota
• Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Anglican bishop and archbishop
• Damien Blanch (born 1983), Australian-born Ireland international rugby league footballer
• Gertrude Blanch (1897–1996), American mathematician
• Joan Blanch (1937–2014), Spanish politician
• Johan Blanch, Occitan troubadour
• John Blanch (c. 1649–1725), British MP
• Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), British journalist, historian and travel writer
• Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), American artist and Guggenheim Fellow
• Michael Blanch (born 1947), British diplomat
• Ulises Blanch (born 1998), American tennis player
• Blanch Yurka (1887–1974), American actress and director

Blanching

• Blanching (cooking), cooking briefly in boiling water
• Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal
• Blanching (horticulture), growing vegetables in dark conditions to produce pale shoots or leaves

Other uses

• Blanch (medical), a temporary whitening of the skin due to transient ischemia
• Blanch fee, an ancient tenure in Scots land law
• Blanch, North Carolina, an unincorporated community

See also

• Blanche (disambiguation)
• Blanca (disambiguation)