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Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

How Did You Develop Such Amazing Taste? with Sohla El-Waylly

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week’s episode of Getting Curious isn’t a snack, it’s a whole meal. Culinary creator, writer, and video host Sohla El-Waylly joins Jonathan to discuss cooking basics, ancient recipes, and their shared affinity for a certain discontinued Taco Bell classic. Sohla El-Waylly can currently be seen starring in The HISTORY® Channel’s online series Ancient Recipes with Sohla. Sohla is also currently one of the first-ever Resident Experts for Food52 with Off Script with Sohla, her curated monthly online column and video series. She is also a contributor to The New York Times Cooking vertical. You can keep up with Sohla’s work on Instagram @sohlae and at www.hellosohla.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Van Ness.

0:02.8

In every week, I sit down for a 40 minute conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all

0:07.1

about something that makes me curious.

0:09.5

I am so excited for today's episode.

0:12.0

We are joined by culinary creator, Sola El-Waley, where I asked her, how did you develop such

0:17.5

amazing taste?

0:18.5

Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Van Ness.

0:22.3

I'm so excited for this gorgeous guest who I have been just like really watching for

0:26.9

a hot minute.

0:28.1

We love, welcome to the show, Sola El-Waley.

0:31.0

Who is, if you've been living under a rock, a recipe creator, a writer, and a video

0:34.4

host, she's currently a resident expert at Food 52 and a contributor to New York Times

0:39.9

Cooking and the host of ancient recipes with Sola.

0:42.8

How are you Sola?

0:44.0

I think that's the best intro I've ever had.

0:49.5

I feel so pumped.

0:50.5

Oh my gosh, me too, in Cyborg, but I guess people will know, like if we have a little

0:55.8

bit of the video from this, but this is really just a non-sec order, it's out of left

1:00.9

field.

1:01.9

But is this like Venetian plaster?

1:02.9

Is it wallpaper?

1:03.9

It's soap?

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