Ancient Recipes with Sohla

It’s the holiday season in the Ancient Recipes kitchen, so Sohla creates a holiday staple with truly ancient origins – tamales!

To welcome us into 2022, Sohla recreates a staple of the ancient gladiator diet, a chickpea and barley mash topped with fresh goats cheese. Learn more – and discover why gladiators actually had dad bods, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

Sohla adds fuel to the fire as she recreates the energy-packed foods of feudal Japan. Discover the nutrient-dense food balls that energized ninjas way back in the 1400s, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

Sohla makes a meal fit for a King—King Henry VIII to be exact. Prepare your stomachs for a lavish brunch, including all the works and more, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

With Presidents Day right around the corner, Sohla is making the dish that kept Abe Lincoln coming back for more – Mary Todd Lincoln’s White Almond Cake, in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

Sohla is cooking up an old-school Creole favorite—a gumbo recipe from the 1700s that contains 4 types of protein in one pot. This delicious stew combines West African and Native American cultural traditions with French and Spanish ingredients, plus it’s the official cuisine of Louisiana. Learn more about its history in this episode of Ancient Recipes With Sohla!

Sohla recreates a Saint Patrick’s Day staple – Shepherd's Pie. This old-school Shepherd's Pie recipe encompasses the very root of the Irish culture.

Sohla cooks up a classic biryani recipe from the 1500s that is a big part of her ancestral heritage! This spice-filled dish was brought over by the Mongols to the Indian subcontinent. Learn more in this episode of Ancient Recipes.

In this episode of Ancient Recipes, Sohla recreates one of the most iconic meals (and paintings) in history: Jesus and his disciples’ last supper. This estimation of the last supper menu was pieced together by Italian archeologists based on historical evidence, bible verses, and Jewish food traditions.

Get your battle axe ready. Sohla is taking us back to 800 AD to recreate a true Viking solstice feast. This feast includes Skause, a Viking stew, along with a traditional Birch Bark bread.