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Georgian Food

The meal as archive

Tbilisi table culture, photographed from the inside. Ingredients before hands, hands before plate, plate before story. The supra as a social structure as much as a meal. Food that has not changed because there has been no reason to change it.

31 images
Tbilisi, Georgia
Clay pots of churchkhela drying on a rope, the light catching the resin surface 1 / 31
Hands kneading dough for khachapuri, the motion just before the press 2 / 31
Wheel of sulguni cheese on a wooden board, rind still damp 3 / 31
Walnut paste filling for badrijani, laid out before rolling 4 / 31
Market stall of dried spices, colours ranging from ochre to deep red 5 / 31
Fresh herbs in loose bunches at a Tbilisi market, dill and tarragon dominant 6 / 31
Lobiani flatbread just out of a wood-fired oven, surface blistered and dark 7 / 31
A suprastable spread seen from above, every dish touching its neighbour 8 / 31
Tkemali sauce in a jar, the colour a deep translucent amber 9 / 31
Pomegranate seeds scattered across a mezze dish, contrast with the green below 10 / 31
Close-up of chakapuli in a pot, tarragon visible in the broth 11 / 31
Churchkhela cross-section showing the walnut and grape-must layers 12 / 31
Hands pouring amber wine from a traditional kvevri-shaped vessel 13 / 31
Bread baking on the inside wall of a tone oven, the baker's arm reaching in 14 / 31
Pchali balls arranged on a plate, each one a slightly different green 15 / 31
Market vendor's hands weighing fenugreek, the scale worn smooth from use 16 / 31
Khinkali in a steamer, the pleats at the top tight and precise 17 / 31
Adjarian khachapuri straight from the oven, egg yolk still liquid 18 / 31
Long table at a supra, hands reaching from both sides toward the centre 19 / 31
Georgian feast table at dusk, candles now the primary light 20 / 31
Close detail of mtsvadi on a skewer, fat beaded on the surface 21 / 31
Wine being poured into a drinking horn, the liquid dark and moving 22 / 31
Basket of fresh walnuts at a Tbilisi food market 23 / 31
Satsivi in a deep bowl, the walnut sauce pale and thick 24 / 31
Hands breaking bread at a family table, faces out of frame 25 / 31
Vegetable stall detail: piles of green and red peppers, glistening 26 / 31
Tasting plate of cold starters arranged in a symmetrical arc 27 / 31
Close study of a wine kvevri lid, sealed with beeswax 28 / 31
Rows of preserved vegetables in glass jars, colour gradients through the glass 29 / 31
Final course: fruit and churchkhela together on a wooden board 30 / 31
Empty glasses after the supra, the ring of wine visible in each 31 / 31
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