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Learn to cook with Sohla El-Waylly’s ‘Start Here,’ plus the healing power of soup

Sohla El-Waylly is a culinary creator, writer and YouTube star. Her first cookbook is Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
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In writing her first cookbook, Start Here, Sohla El-Waylly wants to help new cooks "understand these techniques in your bones, so that they feel like intuition."

This hour Where We Live, we’re sharing a conversation with . Sohla’s a culinary creator, writer, YouTube star…and a new mom.

Sohla joined the show in between interviews, making Instagram videos and her baby girl’s naps to talk about her first cookbook, .

You’ll also meet Marisa Mendez Marthaller. She’s a Certified Postpartum Doula. She’s worked in the hospitality industry and her degree is in Food Studies. Those interests and passions come together in her business; Marisa is known as in New York City.

We talk with Marisa about her work and the healing power of soup.

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"Showing up with soup for somebody is really a way of caring for them, so they can care for themselves, so they can care for their baby," says soup doula Marisa Mendez Marthaller.

GUESTS:

  • Sohla El-Waylly: Culinary creator, writer, and YouTube star. Sohla’s work has been featured in The New York Times and Bon Appétit and on Food52.com and Serious Eats.com. Her first cookbook is ()
  • Marisa Mendez Marthaller (above): , she’s worked in the hospitality industry and has a degree in Food Studies. She’s known as the , based in New York City.

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This show was produced by Robyn Doyon-Aitken, Meg Dalton, Tess Terrible, with help from Stephanie Stender and Meg Fitzgerald. Our Social team includes Francesca Fontanez, Martha Castillo and Janae Spinato.

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Robyn Doyon-Aitken is the Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk Shows
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