LEFT: MC, Alex and friends gather for lunch along with their children.

ABOVE: A bouquet of sweet peas, and one of the blue and white Asian-inspired porcelain adornments on MC's table.

LEFT- RIGHT: The main course of lunch, a corn-and-feta souffle. Chef Patrick Bergeve stands behind his culinary creation. MC takes a serving of the light (and not to mention delicious-sounding) dish.

LEFT- RIGHT: A Greek Orthodox cross, made to look even more lovely with candlelight; The children's table MC set up, also adorned with sweet peas.

LEFT- RIGHT: Alexandra has a sip of her drink with her dessert, a low-calorie lemon tart confection. MC chats with a friend as another of her lunch guests- Maria-Olympia- socializes on her own.