Track: Luxe Comfort Food

Peter Ireland brings impeccable French training to Norwich, Vermont.

Peter Ireland worked briefly as a UPS packer to raise the money to open Carpenter & Main in his hometown of Norwich, Vermont. It's where he prepares country comfort food with the impeccable technique he learned from superstar French chefs Daniel Boulud and Georges Blanc—like his tender cornmeal cakes topped with an elegantly spiced compote.

Published January 2006