At Blanchard's Table

In At Blanchard's Table Melinda and Robert Blanchard share recipes, tips, and stories from their restaurant on the island of Anguilla and from years of entertaining at their home in Vermont, to which they return during the island's off-season. Their life in the Caribbean is brought to delicious life in dishes like Jamaican Jerk Shrimp and Coconut Curried Chicken, while their Yankee roots inspire a New England Cheddar Soup and a Vermont Picnic Ham Baked in Dark Beer. Even their years as entrepreneurs in the gourmet-sauces-and-dressings business are apparent in wonderful recipes for items like Rice Wine Vinaigrette with Ginger. The Blanchards offer lots of cooking tips and nuggets of information on, say, the difference between Maine and Caribbean lobsters, along with marvelous anecdotes and colorful photographs that prove what a wonderful life they have, living and cooking on the beaches of Anguilla and in the hills of Vermont.