
Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets
Chef Maria Loi heads to the rooftop of the Hotel Grande Bretagne in the heart of Athens.

Chef Maria Loi heads to the rooftop of the Hotel Grande Bretagne in the heart of Athens.

Julian Serrano creates a lobster and chicken paella and crème fraiche ice cream.

Mark Militello makes a hearts of palm salad and a Jamaican-style yellowtail red snapper.

Alfred Portale creates duck soup with foie gras ravioli and black truffles.

Jacques Torres creates chocolate presentation with pralines.

Monique Barbeau prepares tequila-cured gravlax with savory dill pancakes.

Jacques' summer always includes fishing. He prepares a poached cod in light cream sauce.

Jacques espouses the virtues of offal and prepares a menu of underutilized variety meats.

Jacques showcases world cuisines, including Japanese-inspired broiled salmon.

Jacques and his wife enjoy tuna tartare with bagel chips and a Spanish tortilla.

Jacques replicates dishes from the Elysee Palace, including shrimp eggs en cocotte.

Mexico inspires garlic and pasilla soup and chicken with chili sauce and achiote rice.

A seasonal menu with tomato velvet soup, grilled lamb shasklik and red cabbage salad.

Jacques demonstrates an easy fougasse. Plus salmon rilletes and Nutella crepes.

Jacques and Claudine prepare country-style eggs, swiss chard gratin, braised veal breast.

Sausage, Potato and Cabbage Soup Grapefruit and Kiwi.

Split-Pea Soup Rice Fricassee Chicken in Sauce.

Scallop Seviche Veal Fricassee Custard.

Onion Soup with Vermicelli Pork and Beans Yellow Rice.

Salmon Couscous with Lamb Fresh and Dried Fruits.