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[blanch] 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) [surname]