Ancient Recipes with Sohla

Pizza has been around for so long it’s impossible to pinpoint the exact origins. In this episode of Ancient Recipes, Sohla recreates one of the coolest ancient versions of pizza how 6th century BCE Persian soldiers would have made it: on their shields!

Mochi has been a staple Japanese food for thousands of years—and was once the superfood of the samurai! In this episode, Sohla El-Waylly makes mochi how the samurai of feudal Japan would have eaten it, along with a daifuku version from the 1700s.

In this episode, Sohla El-Waylly harnesses those flavors to recreate Aztec tlahcos, which would eventually evolve into the tacos we know and love today. Plus, Sohla tries out an ancient Aztec recipe for Xocolatl—a precursor to hot chocolate!

The Romans weren’t the first to feast on bread and cheese – but it was a staple of their diet! In this episode, 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.

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.

“Ancient Recipes with Sohla will be back with more episodes this summer! Check out every episode here: http://histv.co/ancientrecipes In this episode, Sohla recreates Rou Jia Mo, one of the first versions of a hamburger from Ancient China in 200 BCE.”

Almost every culture and region has its own style of barbecue, and in the episode, Sohla grills up two iconic types from across the globe. First, she recreates the original Korean bulgogi, one of the oldest kinds of barbecue you can still find today.

The Ancient Recipes 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. Plus Sohla reaches out to Max Miller to learn all about the sauce’s history.

It’s a culinary reenactment of the American Revolution as Sohla makes two historic versions of apple pie, pitting the US vs. the UK. First up, Sohla recreates the oldest known recipe for apple pie from 1390 England, then bakes up a 1796 recipe for apple pie from the first-ever American cookbook.

In this episode Sohla goes all the way back to the Stone Age to recreate the oldest* recipe ever: a nettle and barley pudding. *Maybe? iI’s really, really old, so we’re going with it!

Sohla hosts a bake-off between the Greeks and Romans to determine the champs of ancient cheesecake, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.

Sohla is joined by Carla Lalli Music to recreate the earliest known recipe for the cutest Italian pasta there is – gnocchi! This recipe is from Bartolomeo Scappi. Watch more of Carla Lalli Music at: youtube.com/carlalallimusic

Sohla explores the history of Chinese dumplings and recreates a 2,000-year-old recipe for jiaozi from the legendary Chinese physician Zhang Zhongjing, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.

For over 2,000 years, Sherpas on Mt. 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.

Not gonna lye—we’re pretty excited about this! Sohla’s celebrating Oktoberfest by recreating the original pretzel recipe from medieval Bavaria. Put on your lederhosen, grab a stein, and learn the strange religious history of our favorite salty snack.

What pie did they serve at the first Thanksgiving? And why didn’t they use any spices? Sohla aims to find out, as she bakes two pumpkin pie recipes from the 1600s.

In this Halloween edition of Ancient Recipes, Sohla recreates 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!

Sohla tackles the wildest recipe yet—an aspic jelly with fish tongues and lips from the earliest known Arabic cookbook, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Sohla recreates pemmican, a super food made of meat, fat and berries that dates back over 5,000 years. Plus Sohla speaks with indigenous chef Sean Sherman to learn more about the history of this remarkable dish, in this episode of Ancient Recipes with Sohla.

What connects Abe Lincoln and Queen Elizabeth I? Gingerbread Men! Sohla explores two distinct but delicious recipes for these classic spiced cookies, in this holiday edition of Ancient Recipes.