Ancient Recipes With Sohla
Ancient Recipes with Sohla takes the food you know and love and traces it back to its origins. In each episode, Sohla El-Waylly details the surprising history of some of your favorite dishes as she attempts to recreate the original version using historical cooking techniques and ingredients. Along the way, Sohla highlights the differences between the ancient recipe and how we would prepare the modern version today.
Seasons
1. How to Cook Pizza on a Shield Like a 600 BC Persian Soldier
Air Date: 2021-02-27
Pizza has been around for so long it's impossible to pinpoint its exact origins; Sohla demonstrates how to cook pizza on a shield like a 600 BC Persian soldier.
2. Sohla Makes Samurai Mochi
Air Date: 2021-03-06
Mochi has been a staple Japanese food for thousands of years -- and was once the super food of the samurai; Sohla El-Waylly makes mochi in the same way as the samurai of feudal Japan would have eaten it, along with a daifuku version from the 1700s.
3. Sohla's Aztec Taco Tuesday (With Hot Chocolate!)
Air Date: 2021-03-13
Sohla El-Waylly harnesses flavors to recreate Aztec tlahcos, which would eventually evolve into the tacos people know and love today; Sohla tries out an ancient Aztec recipe for xocolatl -- a precursor to hot chocolate.
4. Sohla Recreates Bread and Cheese From Pompeii
Air Date: 2021-03-20
Bread and cheese is a staple for ancient Romans; Sohla bakes Panis Quadratus, a type of bread that was discovered fossilized in the ruins of Pompeii, along with a cheese made from goat's milk.
5. Sohla Cooks a 1,000-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Air Date: 2021-03-27
Sohla travels back to the Islamic Golden Age of 10th-century Baghdad and recreates Kishkiyya, a 1,000-year-old hangover cure from one of the oldest Arabic cookbooks.
6. Sohla Makes an Ancient Chinese Hamburger (Rou Jia Mo From 200 BCE!)
Air Date: 2021-04-03
Sohla recreates Rou Jia Mo, one of the first versions of a hamburger from ancient China in 200 BCE.
1. Sohla's Ancient Summer BBQ Blowout (Korean Bulgogi and Taino Barbacoa)
Air Date: 2021-06-05
Almost every culture and region have their own style of barbecue; Sohla grills up two iconic types from across the globe; first, she recreates the original Korean bulgogi, one of the oldest kinds of barbecue one can still find today.
2. Sohla Makes Garum, the Ketchup of Ancient Rome (With Max Miller!)
Air Date: 2021-06-19
The kitchen gets real fishy as Sohla cooks up garum, a fermented fish sauce that was incredibly popular in ancient Rome, alongside a Roman-style roasted boar; Sohla reaches out to Max Miller to learn all about the sauce's history.
3. Sohla Bakes an Apple Pie Recipe From 1796 America (and Medieval England!)
Air Date: 2021-07-03
Sohla makes two versions of apple pie, pitting the U.S. against the UK; Sohla recreates the oldest known recipe for apple pie from 1390 England, then bakes up a 1796 recipe for apple pie from an American cookbook.
4. Sohla Makes The Oldest Recipe in the World (...Maybe?)
Air Date: 2021-07-17
Sohla goes all the way back to the Stone Age to recreate what may be the oldest recipe ever: a nettle and barley pudding.
5. Sohla's Ancient Cheesecake Bake Off (Greeks vs. Romans)
Air Date: 2021-07-24
Sohla hosts a bake-off between the Greeks and Romans to determine the champs of ancient cheesecake.
6. Sohla Makes Medieval Gnocchi (With Carla Lalli Music!)
Air Date: 2021-08-14
Sohla is joined by Carla Lalli Music to recreate the earliest known recipe for gnocchi from Bartolomeo Scappi.
7. The Original Chinese Dumpling Had a Unique Purpose
Air Date: 2021-08-28
Sohla explores the history of Chinese dumplings and recreates a 2,000-year-old recipe for jiaozi from the legendary Chinese physician Zhang Zhongjing.
8. The Secret Tibetan Superfood That Fuels Everest Expeditions
Air Date: 2021-09-11
For more than 2,000 years, Sherpas on Mount Everest have been fueled by a Tibetan porridge called tsampa; Sohla cooks up a traditional version of the dish along with yak butter tea and learns that cooking with sand is strangely satisfying.
9. Sohla Bakes a Pretzel Recipe From 1111 Bavaria
Air Date: 2021-09-25
Sohla celebrates Oktoberfest by recreating the original pretzel recipe from medieval Bavaria.
1. Which Original Pumpkin Pie Is Better?
Air Date: 2021-10-09
Sohla aims to find out what pie was served at the first Thanksgiving and why the bakers didn't use any spices, as she bakes two pumpkin pie recipes from 1600s.
2. Did This Bread Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Air Date: 2021-10-23
Sohla re-creates two recipes with a spooky past; first, she bakes a rye bread that may have been responsible for the Salem witch trials, then she crafts the original Halloween treat: druid soul cakes.
3. Should Meat Jelly Make a Comeback?
Air Date: 2021-11-06
Sohla tackles an aspic jelly with fish tongues and lips from the earliest known Arabic cookbook.
4. Pemmican: The Original Survival Food
Air Date: 2021-11-20
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Sohla re-creates pemmican, a super food made of meat, fat, and berries that dates back over 5,000 years; Sohla speaks with Indigenous chef Shawn Sherman to learn more about the history of this dish.
5. Who Had the Best Christmas Cookie Recipe?
Air Date: 2021-12-04
Gingerbread men connect Abe Lincoln and Queen Elizabeth I; Sohla explores two distinct but delicious recipes for classic spiced cookies.
6. Sohla Cooks 3000-Year-Old Tamales for the Holidays
Air Date: 2021-12-18
It's holiday season in the Ancient Recipes kitchen, so Sohla creates a holiday staple with truly ancient origins: tamales.
7. Sohla Tries a (Vegan?!) Gladiator Grain Bowl
Air Date: 2022-01-01
Sohla re-creates a staple of the ancient gladiator diet: a chickpea and barley mash topped with fresh goats cheese.
8. Sohla Cooks Ninja Stealth Food From the 1400s
Air Date: 2022-01-15
Sohla adds fuel to the fire as she re-creates energy-packed foods of feudal Japan; a look into the nutrient-dense food balls that energized ninjas way back in the 1400s.
9. King Henry VIII's Lavish Brunch
Air Date: 2022-01-29
Sohla makes a meal fit for a king, King Henry VIII to be exact; a lavish brunch including all the works.
10. Making the Lincolns' Fave Dessert
Air Date: 2022-02-12
Sohla makes a dish that had President Lincoln coming back for more.
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Rating
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Release Date
2021-02-27
Episodes
25 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
