Ancient Recipes With Sohla
(2021)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Making the Lincolns' Fave Dessert
Episode 10 - 2-12-2022
Sohla makes a dish that had President Lincoln coming back for more.
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King Henry VIII's Lavish Brunch
Episode 9 - 1-29-2022
Sohla makes a meal fit for a king, King Henry VIII to be exact; a lavish brunch including all the works.
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Sohla Cooks Ninja Stealth Food From the 1400s
Episode 8 - 1-15-2022
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.
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Sohla Tries a (Vegan?!) Gladiator Grain Bowl
Episode 7 - 1-01-2022
Sohla re-creates a staple of the ancient gladiator diet: a chickpea and barley mash topped with fresh goats cheese.
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Sohla Cooks 3000-Year-Old Tamales for the Holidays
Episode 6 - 12-18-2021
It's holiday season in the Ancient Recipes kitchen, so Sohla creates a holiday staple with truly ancient origins: tamales.
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Who Had the Best Christmas Cookie Recipe?
Episode 5 - 12-04-2021
Gingerbread men connect Abe Lincoln and Queen Elizabeth I; Sohla explores two distinct but delicious recipes for classic spiced cookies.
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Pemmican: The Original Survival Food
Episode 4 - 11-20-2021
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.
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Should Meat Jelly Make a Comeback?
Episode 3 - 11-06-2021
Sohla tackles an aspic jelly with fish tongues and lips from the earliest known Arabic cookbook.
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Did This Bread Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Episode 2 - 10-23-2021
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.
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Which Original Pumpkin Pie Is Better?
Episode 1 - 10-09-2021
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.
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Season 2
Sohla Bakes a Pretzel Recipe From 1111 Bavaria
Episode 9 - 9-25-2021
Sohla celebrates Oktoberfest by recreating the original pretzel recipe from medieval Bavaria.
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The Secret Tibetan Superfood That Fuels Everest Expeditions
Episode 8 - 9-11-2021
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.
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The Original Chinese Dumpling Had a Unique Purpose
Episode 7 - 8-28-2021
Sohla explores the history of Chinese dumplings and recreates a 2,000-year-old recipe for jiaozi from the legendary Chinese physician Zhang Zhongjing.
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Sohla Makes Medieval Gnocchi (With Carla Lalli Music!)
Episode 6 - 8-14-2021
Sohla is joined by Carla Lalli Music to recreate the earliest known recipe for gnocchi from Bartolomeo Scappi.
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Sohla's Ancient Cheesecake Bake Off (Greeks vs. Romans)
Episode 5 - 7-24-2021
Sohla hosts a bake-off between the Greeks and Romans to determine the champs of ancient cheesecake.
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Sohla Makes The Oldest Recipe in the World (...Maybe?)
Episode 4 - 7-17-2021
Sohla goes all the way back to the Stone Age to recreate what may be the oldest recipe ever: a nettle and barley pudding.
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Sohla Bakes an Apple Pie Recipe From 1796 America (and Medieval England!)
Episode 3 - 7-03-2021
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.
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Sohla Makes Garum, the Ketchup of Ancient Rome (With Max Miller!)
Episode 2 - 6-19-2021
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.
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Sohla's Ancient Summer BBQ Blowout (Korean Bulgogi and Taino Barbacoa)
Episode 1 - 6-05-2021
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.
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Season 1
Sohla Makes an Ancient Chinese Hamburger (Rou Jia Mo From 200 BCE!)
Episode 6 - 4-03-2021
Sohla recreates Rou Jia Mo, one of the first versions of a hamburger from ancient China in 200 BCE.
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Sohla Cooks a 1,000-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Episode 5 - 3-27-2021
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.
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Sohla Recreates Bread and Cheese From Pompeii
Episode 4 - 3-20-2021
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.
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Sohla's Aztec Taco Tuesday (With Hot Chocolate!)
Episode 3 - 3-13-2021
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.
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Sohla Makes Samurai Mochi
Episode 2 - 3-06-2021
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.
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How to Cook Pizza on a Shield Like a 600 BC Persian Soldier
Episode 1 - 2-27-2021
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.
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