Pavilion Supra: A feast of Georgian cooking

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.

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.

ძაან მაგარია. მიყვარს ეს წიგნი.My wife is georgian and I’ve been flying back and forth to Georgia for over a decade now. Recipes are hard to come by. This is just the perfect book for Georgians living in away and need to replace certain ingredients and adopted Georgians like myself that want to cook amazing authentic georgian food. Five stars... just perfect.დიდი მადლობა

If you like fresh coriander and never know what to do with it, then this is the cookbook to have. Unusual recipes using a lot of fresh vegetables in unusual combinations, but not with loads of complicated and trendy fancy spices. An emphasis on food that will feed a family or a crowd without spending a fortune. Supra is the Georgian word for a feast that combines a lot of side dishes as well as a main one but many of the side dishes here are meals in themselves. Different and very appetising.