This week, we're excited to welcome Danielle Renov to Salt + Spine, the podcast on stories behind cookbooks.
Episode 94: Danielle Renov
Danielle is the voice behind Peas Love & Carrots, her food blog and Instagram handle of the same name. A native New Yorker, Danielle has lived in Jerusalem for more than 13 years.
She joins us to discuss her first cookbook—also titled Peas Love & Carrots. It's a large volume (with more than 250 recipes!) that blends her culinary influences in unique and sometimes surprising ways. Look no further than the recipe photographed for the cover of the book: a matzah ball soup. But this version pulls in influences from Morocco (her mother was born in Casablanca) like chickpeas and spicy harissa, as well as ingredients like fennel and Swiss chard, which are abundant at her local shuk, The Machane Yehuda Shuk.
You’ll find lots of other recipes that bridge Danielle’s Moroccan and Ashkenaz identities, and many more more than are just crave-able kitchen staples, like a dozen salad dressings and a ton of simple chicken dishes.
Danielle joined us remotely from her home in Israel for this week’s episode. And of course, we’re playing a culinary game with Danielle at the end of the show, plus featured recipes below for you to try at home.
Paid subscribers will get access to two recipes from Danielle’s peas, love, & carrots: Haloumi + Sweet Potato Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette and Potato Chip Shnitsel.
Thanks for joining us to #TalkCookbooks!
-Brian, Clea, and the Sat + Spine Team
Harissa Matzo Soup: Bridging Moroccan and Ashkenazi cooking with Danielle Renov