An evening with Sohla El-Waylly
Presented by Blue Bicycle Books

Join Blue Bicycle Books, Fri., Mar. 7, 6 pm for an evening with Sohla El-Waylly, chef, recipe developer, video producer and author of Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook. El-Waylly will be joined in conversation by Charleston's own Lindsay Collins, host and creator of Effin B Radio. 

Tickets are $30 for admission only or $65 with signed copy of Start Here (Knopf, 656 pp., $45).

Sohla El-Waylly is a culinary creator, writer, video producer, and community advocate who has been featured in The New York Times and Bon Appétit and on Food52 and Serious Eats. Her on-camera credits include starring in HBO Max’s The Big Brunch and The History Channel’s Ancient Recipes with Sohla. She studied at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park before training at various New York City restaurants such as Del Posto, Atera, and Battersby. A TIME100 Next honoree, she lives in the East Village with her husband Ham El-Waylly, two dogs, and cat.

A New York Times best seller, Start Here (Knopf, 656 pp., $45) is an epic guide to better eating. Across a dozen technique-themed chapters—from “Temperature Management 101” and “Break it Down & Get Saucy” to “Go to Brown Town,” “All About Butter,” and “Getting to Know Dough”—Sohla El-Waylly explains the hows and whys of cooking, introducing the fundamental skills that you need to become a more intuitive, inventive cook.

“The new Joy of Cooking.” —The New York Times
"A book to return to again and again and again.” —Yotam Ottolenghi, author of Plenty and Ottolenghi Simple