Bob and Melinda Blanchard will inspire families and friends not only to eat together, but to roll up their sleeves and experience the joy of cooking together.

The Blanchards prepare a hearty dinner for eight adults and three hungry children at their home featuring quick chicken breasts with bacon, marsala, peas, and cream, a dish of roasted fall vegetables, and a comforting white chocolate and apricot bread pudding for dessert. Bob and Melinda also stop by a local bakery to select fresh bread for the evening.

Then the Blanchards host a casual brunch for friends, serving up scrambled eggs with roasted cherry tomatoes and chives, Vermont country ham in dark beer, baked onions with rye bread and cheddar, and peach coffee cake. And the Blanchards visit a local cheese maker to learn how they craft cheddar cheese by hand.

Join Bob and Melinda as they share their favorite family recipes, provide helpful cooking tips, and recount stories about their life in Vermont.

Bob and Melinda Blanchard have been married for over thirty years and are the co-owners of Blanchard’s Restaurant on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. They are also the authors of A Trip to the Beach and a cookbook, At Blanchard’s Table. They divide their time between Vermont and Anguilla.