This melting pot, which historically has included a diverse Jewish community, has fashioned a unique national kitchen. That distinctive cuisine has served Georgians’ renowned hospitality well. For what better way of demonstrating hospitality than with food—a lot of food.
When a Jewish Georgian family hosts a holiday dinner or special celebration, the table is literally heaped with the best that Georgian cuisine has to offer: dips of walnuts and spinach, beets or eggplant; a variety of stuffed breads; rolls of fried eggplant; stews made with tamarind and pomegranate; dumplings filled with minced beef and onion; stuffed grape leaves and cabbage rolls. “They’ll put out their entire refrigerator,” says Dalia Heilpern, owner of the Georgian-style Supra restaurant group in Israel. And all of these flavorful dishes are enhanced by the many great wines that Georgia has to offer. Guests gathered for such celebrations will sit around for hours, drinking, toasting and talking. In short, having a supra (“feast” in Georgian). Read the full article here.