The world-beating violinist spends the pre-festival fortnight cooking his mother’s traditional recipes.
You want latkes with matzos? You got it.
Yiddishe gnocchi? Takes longer.
What’s keeping you? Get in the kitchen with Itzhak.
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Don’t fancy that “potato salad” much but I am happy to be reminded to make latkes.
Back in 1989, Itzhak was on a special episode of The Frugal Gourmet with Jeff Smith on PBS. I don’t remember what they cooked together except for matzo ball soup, but it was tremendously entertaining and informative.
Itzhak had been on cooking shows as often as Yo-Yo Ma was on Sesame Street.
Didn’t the foodie Dvorak write a song called “Recipes My Mother Taught Me” ?
Somebody should write a cookbook of musicians and opera singers.