Supra: The legendary Georgian cookbook with beautiful recipes and captivating culinary history

Growing up in Russia Georgian food was something we ate on special occasions and in restaurants. For the past 20 years of living in the UK I've been trying to find a book of Georgian recipes but couldn't. I brought some back from Russia but they didn't work because some ingredients are impossible to find here and others are just different. Every time I travel to Russia I'd eat in Georgian restaurants and wonder just how the Brits have not yet discovered Georgian food! It is the most underrated cuisine in the world. It is totally delicious, full of flavour, fresh ingredients yet can be so easy to cook. Now this book fixed my problem. I am so glad I found it. For the past few days I've cooked every family meal from it and it worked. The recipes are carefully thought through, obviously well tested and, most importantly, changed to include the ingredients we can find in most supermarkets here. I did have to order a few special spice mixes but they were not expensive and available on a few websites (which were also recommended in the book). I love cooking and I owe a lot of cookery books. It is, however, very rare for me to be stuck on one or wanting to read it from cover to cover. Supra is different. I love the stories which are just long enough to capture imagination and sense the atmosphere, but not long enough to bore you. The sketches and photography accompanying the recipes are stylish and good quality. And most importantly, I've been wanting to cook every single recipe from it and I'm getting there. If you love Georgian food, fresh ingredients, herbs and spices, if you want to try something different and be pleasantly surprised, give this wonderful book a go.

I bought this book, as I am a part time vegetarian and recently discovered that Georgian cuisine has a lot of very tasty veg options made with very easily accessible ingredients. The book exceeded all expectations! There are so many amazing recipes of very traditional Georgian dishes! There are also great lamb and chicken dishes and even desserts and puddings! The only thing I was not very keen on, is substituting suluguni cheese with feta and mozzarella. Living in London, I know of several places where to get suluguni. However, if you do use the substitute mix, get dry mozzarella or get moisture out of the normal one.

As a frequent guest of Little Georgia restaurants in Islington and Hackney, I was really looking forward to buying this book in order to reproduce refined authentic cooking of Little Georgia at home. This book exceeded my every expectation: along with delicious, easy to cook recipes and mouth-watering illustrations, there runs a background story of cosy, nostalgic childhood memories, brought back to life through scents and tastes of a family cooking. It will strike a chord with every reader! I highly recommend it as a valuable addition for any cook –book library and also as a great present.

Lots of new and unusual recipes and I love reading this book.

My love for the Georgian food is when I have tasted in the restaurants in Moscow. One thing that I have learnt is that Moscow people love Georgian cooking and now I do. Always looking for new ideas for lovely cooking recipes that I can try out new and especially trying to re-create this lovely cuisines some how we have missed in the UK. The author does have a restaurant and in London and I am keen to try out however I have fallen in love with this book. The recipes are amazing and I have tried a couple of them and they have so far worked for me. I love their breads however not tried to make it but the use of walnuts in meat sauces is amazing. I would highly recommend this book if you would like to try something new and impress your family.

Recipes look good and ready to follow. Would have liked more photos of dishes to the recipes and those that were taken named as I'm unfamiliar with them

A beautiful book which really captures the essence of Georgian cooking. The recipes are easy to follow and although they do require the purchase of additional spices, these are easy to obtain online and give the food that unmistakable Georgian taste. Having eaten in many Russian restaurants which serve this cuisine, these recipes are the closest I've ever come to recreating the flavours and visual feast I experienced at the time. Highly recommended.

Really nicely made book. However, I feel that most of the recipes have been simplified and converted to the "British cusine". It is good for those people who want to try the Georgian cusine but I feel like this book should offer the original recipes as well for its readers.

High quality product

Very good introduction to the "Supra"-feast. Inspiring recipes, each with a bit of background. Very good and colorful pictures. Make sure you have a substantial stash of walnuts, when starting with the recipes! :D

Classical recipes. Not all of them include pictures, but if you know Georgian food and are looking for easy, step-by-step instructions to make it yourself, this is ideal.

Love it

Ah, finally, a proper Georgian cookbook! The recipes and stories took me right back to my childhood. I couldn’t resist making the carrot and beet pkhali immediately, it was delicious. I love that the book feels so well-made too. I’m definitely cooking my way through this one!