Join Us at the Table

Verlaine Daeron just wanted to return from France to her bakery in Colebrooke, N.H. Immigration authorities wrapped her up in red tape and she couldn't get back. She and Benoit LaMontagne explain how a small town came to the rescue. Croissants are back in oven!; Paula Barth will go just about anywhere to find the best artisanal chocolates for her Boston shop, Beacon Hill; JoAnn Cianciulli calls her cookbook a love letter to the L.A.'s farmers market.