Season 1

1. How to Cook Pizza on a Shield Like a 600 BC Persian Soldier

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

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!)

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

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

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!)

2021-04-03

Sohla recreates Rou Jia Mo, one of the first versions of a hamburger from ancient China in 200 BCE.