Ancient Recipes with Sohla

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.

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12 Episodes

  • Tracing the First French Toast Back to Ancient Rome
    E1
    Tracing the First French Toast Back to Ancient RomeSohla El-Waylly follows the fascinating history of French toast all the way back to the Roman Empire, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • King Tut's Egyptian Flatbread (Found in His Tomb!)
    E2
    King Tut's Egyptian Flatbread (Found in His Tomb!)Were pancakes REALLY found in King Tut’s tomb? Join Sohla El-Waylly as she unearths the truth behind this legend–and bakes some delicious treats in the process.
  • Sohla Cooks Jianbing: China's Ancient Street Food
    E3
    Sohla Cooks Jianbing: China's Ancient Street FoodSohla El-Waylly makes jianbing, a savory and crispy Chinese breakfast crepe, and uncovers the history behind this beloved street food.
  • The ORIGINAL Donut is Fluffy, Sugary Bliss
    E4
    The ORIGINAL Donut is Fluffy, Sugary BlissSohla El-Waylly fries up a batch of the original Dutch colonial donuts–and discovers their spooky connection to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
  • GOOEY & GLORIOUS Colonial Mac & Cheese
    E5
    GOOEY & GLORIOUS Colonial Mac & CheeseSohla El-Waylly recreates the mac & cheese of James Hemmings, Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef, who fed the now famous dish to early colonial leaders at Monticello. Learn more about the origins of this classic American meal, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • How the Oneida People (and their Cornbread) Saved the US Revolution.
    E6
    How the Oneida People (and their Cornbread) Saved the US Revolution.Sohla El-Waylly recreates the Oneida People's cornbread, and explores the remarkable story of how the Oneida People helped save George Washington and his troops at Valley Forge, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • How to Cook the ORIGINAL Pizza Margherita from 1889.
    E7
    How to Cook the ORIGINAL Pizza Margherita from 1889.Sohla El-Waylly fires up the pizza oven to recreate the original pizza cooked in Naples in the 1800s. Learn the surprising history behind this classic pie, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • Sohla Cooks the FIRST Thanksgiving Feast from 1621.
    E8
    Sohla Cooks the FIRST Thanksgiving Feast from 1621.Sohla El-Waylly uncovers the true story of the first Thanksgiving, and cooks up an historically accurate feast (with no turkey or cranberry sauce), in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • 1,300-Year-Old Chinese Cookies Are DELICIOUSLY COMPLEX.
    E9
    1,300-Year-Old Chinese Cookies Are DELICIOUSLY COMPLEX.Sohla El-Waylly recreates the OLDEST cookie ever discovered--1,300-year-old Chinese desserts from the Golden Age of China, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • The Dessert That Napoleon Couldn’t Resist.
    E10
    The Dessert That Napoleon Couldn’t Resist.Sacrebleu! Sohla El-Waylly tackles her biggest historic challenge yet - recreating a dessert by Marie-Antoine Carême, the first French celebrity chef. Learn how to make this confectionary showstopper, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.
  • Sohla Makes Beautiful Japanese Candy Art
    E11
    Sohla Makes Beautiful Japanese Candy ArtSohla El-Waylly tries making, Amezaiku, the ancient Japanese craft of creating beautiful sculptures from sugar.
  • Cooking Cleopatra's FAVORITE Foods
    E12
    Cooking Cleopatra's FAVORITE FoodsSohla El-Waylly has a blast recreating all the delicious foods Cleopatra would have eaten in a day.

 

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