Where to Start with Tiko Tuskadze
Tiko Tuskadze is a Georgian chef who brought her family’s recipes from Georgia to London, where she opened Little Georgia, one of the city’s most celebrated Georgian restaurants. Her cookbook Supra translates that family and restaurant knowledge into a beautifully accessible home cooking guide. Tuskadze writes with the confidence of someone who has cooked these dishes thousands of times, and the warmth of someone who genuinely wants you to experience the joy of a Georgian table.
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Supra: A Feast of Georgian Cooking
Tiko Tuskadze · 208 pages · 2017 · Easy
Themes: Georgian cuisine, home cooking, family recipes, supra tradition, accessible cooking
Tuskadze’s only cookbook, and it is exactly what you want from a chef who runs a beloved Georgian restaurant: over 100 recipes for authentic Georgian dishes, written with clarity and confidence. The book is organized practically by course and covers everything from khachapuri and khinkali to lesser-known dishes like chakapuli and chicken tabaka.
Why Start Here
This is Tuskadze’s family cookbook made public. The recipes come from her upbringing in Georgia and her years running Little Georgia in London. They are the dishes she has cooked thousands of times, refined for home kitchens. The supra tradition, the Georgian feast with its ritual toasts and shared plates, provides the cultural framework. The instructions are straightforward and assume competence without demanding expertise.
What to Expect
A compact, beautifully photographed 208-page hardcover. Kitchen-friendly format you can prop open while cooking. Over 100 recipes covering appetizers, breads, soups, stews, mains, and desserts. Less cultural context than Capalbo or Goldstein, but more recipes per page and a faster path to actually cooking Georgian food.