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# A Date with a Date in the Desert
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/life-loi-mediterranean-secrets/episode/a-date-with-a-date-in-the-desert-cxbu4r/
- Published: 2025-06-27T16:30:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T06:18:57.000Z
- Description: Chef Maria Loi meets with renowned chefs to make dishes with a Middle Eastern favorite, dates.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Life of Loi: Mediterranean Secrets, Season 3, Episode 310, #ZZZ_Episode_e7afafc8-d364-4157-91ca-ab18c0038f02, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_a5e5b6b2-55a9-4147-b8b4-bd64d60e03c9, #v1.16

Chef Maria Loi of the acclaimed NYC restaurant, Loi Estiatorio, visits the serene Al Ain Oasis to learn about the different types of dates grown there. Loi travels to the Grand Mercure to meet Chef Khaled Al Saadi where they make Croquettes with Dates & Feta. Chef Sushil Singh joins Loi to prepare a tasty, healthy, easy salad with dates. In Greece, Loi creates Feta-Date Parcels.