Blanch or blanching may refer to:

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Andrea Blanch Andrea Blanch, is an American portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer. Blanch was born in Brooklyn and raised in Great Neck, New York. She graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Painting. After working under Ric ...

(born 1935), portrait, commercial, and fine art photographer *

Arnold Blanch Arnold Blanch (June 4, 1896 – October 3, 1968), was born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota. He was an American modernism, American modernist painter, etcher, illustrator, lithographer, muralist, printmaker and art teacher. Life His modern ...

(1896–1968), born and raised in Mantorville, Minnesota *

Stuart Blanch Stuart Yarworth Blanch, Baron Blanch, (2 February 1918 – 3 June 1994) was an Anglican priest, bishop and archbishop. Little interested in religion in his youth, he became a committed Christian at the age of 21, while serving in the Royal Air ...

, Baron Blanch (1918–1994), Anglican bishop and archbishop *

Damien Blanch Damien Blanch (born 24 May 1983) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer. He last played in the Super League as a er for the Catalans Dragons, and has previously played for the Widnes Vikings, Castleford Tigers ( Heritage № ...

(born 1983), Australian-born Ireland international rugby league footballer *

Gertrude Blanch Gertrude Blanch (2 February 1897, in Kolno, Russian Empire (now Poland) – 1 January 1996) was an American mathematician who did pioneering work in numerical analysis and computation. She was a leader of the Mathematical Tables Project in New Yo ...

(1897–1996), American mathematician * Joan Blanch (1937–2014), Spanish politician * Johan Blanch, Occitan troubadour *

John Blanch John Blanch ( – 10 July 1725), of Wotton Court, near Gloucester and Eastington, Gloucestershire, was an English politician. Family His ancestry is unknown, but his parents seem to have come from Gloucester. He married a woman named Hannah, ...

(c. 1649–1725), British MP *

Lesley Blanch Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL (6 June 1904, London – 7 May 2007, Garavan near Menton, France) was a British writer, historian and traveller. She is best known for '' The Wilder Shores of Love'', about Isabel Burton (who married the Arabist and ex ...

(1904–2007), British journalist, historian and travel writer *

Lucile Blanch Lucile Esma Lundquist Blanch (December 31, 1895 – October 31, 1981) was an American artist, art educator, and Guggenheim Fellow. She was noted for the murals she created for the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts during the Great ...

(1895–1981), American artist and Guggenheim Fellow *

Michael Blanch Michael Dennis Blanch TD (born c. 1947) is a British diplomat who served as Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands from January 2000 to March 2003, and again as interim Chief Executive from 12 September 2007 to 3 January 2008. Blanch studied e ...

(born 1947), British diplomat *

Ulises Blanch Ulises Blanch (born 25 March 1998) is an American professional tennis player. As a junior, Blanch reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 achieved on 23 May 2016. His junior highlights include a final appearance at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, a G ...

(born 1998), American tennis player * Blanch Yurka (1887–1974), American actress and director

Blanching

Blanching (cooking) Blanching is a cooking process in which a food, usually a vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (known as shocking or refr ...

, cooking briefly in boiling water * Blanching (coinage), a method used to whiten metal *

Blanching (horticulture) Blanching is a technique used in vegetable growing. Young shoots of a plant are covered to exclude light to prevent photosynthesis and the production of chlorophyll, and thus remain pale in color. Different methods used include covering with soil ...

, growing vegetables in dark conditions to produce pale shoots or leaves

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Blanch (medical) When skin is blanched, it takes on a whitish appearance as blood flow to the region is prevented. This occurs during and is the basis of the physiologic test known as diascopy. Blanching of the fingers is also one of the most clinically evident ...

, 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

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