Grandma cooked with Tom Yaar (2021)
A documentary food program presented by Tom Yaar. The program aired on June 10, 2021, after the airing of two pilot episodes on Rosh Hashanah 2020 and on Israeli Independence Day 2021. During the program, Tom Yaar comes to various places around the country, is hosted in the homes of grandparents and learns from them about the secrets of different ethnic cuisines. At the end of each episode, Yaar cooks a meal for friends inspired by the dishes she learned to prepare during her visits.
Seasons & Episode
Druze cuisine, Hungarian cuisine. Tom goes out to roll strudels with Grandpa Yoram and pick up Hobiza with Grandma Ibtisam.
Swiss cuisine, Moroccan cuisine A meeting of nostalgic foods at the Swiss grandfather Marcel and the grandmother Mimi from Morocco.
Italian cuisine, Georgian cuisine This time Tom meets the Italian grandmother Fiorella and the Georgian grandmother Eteri, who prepare everything by hand. Tom will reconcile with Churchella and try to peel artichokes to the satisfaction of the toughest grandmother she has ever met.
Iraqi cuisine, Chinese cuisine This time Tom learns from the Iraqi grandmother Miriam and the Chinese grandfather Cain how to make a sumptuous meal from (almost) nothing. She will pray for the success of Kibbeh and get to the place where she feels most at home - a Chinese restaurant.
Tom Yaar in an intergenerational culinary encounter with Grandma Shula of Turkey and Grandma and Grandpa Maria & Addie of Russia, who love to rejoice. Tom will learn to sew fish and knit socks, celebrate a special birthday for Nona Chika and also Victory Day over the Nazis.
Tom Yaar meets grandparents Enrique and Bernardo, the Argentine Gauchos, who cannot live without meat, and also the vegan British grandmother Helen, who grows very strange things on the roof.