The featured chef for this episode is Jean-Louis Palladin, who has his own resturant at The Watergate. He prepares foie gras (duck liver) with poached apples and then roasts a duck breast over a fireplace and with it prepares sauteed porcini mushrooms.
Alice waters prepares a beet, blood orange, walnut and arugula salad, and other dishes.
Jacques Pepin prepares braised sweetbreads in puff pastry with a black truffle and sauce.
Nancy prepares a sourdough starter, a loaf of rustic bread, and a foccacia pizza dough.
