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A Korean bean sprout dish, kongnamul muchim), gets an Uzbek spin (fresh cilantro) at Cafe at Your Mother-in-Law.

At this Brooklyn restaurant, you can get Korean food with a side of Russian history

Elza Kan could be one of my Korean aunts, except she speaks Russian. Her restaurant in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach neighborhood serves traditional Korean food with an Uzbek twist.

At this Brooklyn restaurant, you can get Korean food with a side of Russian history

A Crash Course in Designing Life

A Crash Course in Designing Life
Woman at front of room in mosque

They gave her the keys to the mosque — and now she wants to open its doors to the neighborhood

They gave her the keys to the mosque — and now she wants to open its doors to the neighborhood
Woman with tool in front of damaged building

Nepali immigrants who came to the US after the 2015 earthquake can stay a little longer

Nepali immigrants who came to the US after the 2015 earthquake can stay a little longer
For the Jewish ritual of Kaparot, a person's sins are symbolically transferred to a chicken, and then the chicken is slaughtered.

My sins are cleared for the year, but the chicken wasn't so lucky

My sins are cleared for the year, but the chicken wasn't so lucky

This Is Your Bodega on Gentrification

When a 250 percent rent hike forced Jesse Itayim to close his family-run deli, a few clever neighbors helped him get the last laugh.

This Is Your Bodega on Gentrification

Jessi Klein's Favorite Public Radio Show Is "Game of Thrones"

Jessi Klein writes for "Inside Amy Schumer," hates "Game of Thrones," and has a love-hate relationship with public radio swag. 

Jessi Klein's Favorite Public Radio Show Is "Game of Thrones"

Terry Gross + Marc Maron = Public Radio Love

Marc Maron tries to get Terry Gross to say his favorite four-letter word in our second dispatch from #RadioLoveFest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Terry Gross + Marc Maron = Public Radio Love

RadioLoveFest Meets RadioLoveVest

Sideshow host Sean Rameswaram talks to Radiolab fans about their love of public radio. 

RadioLoveFest Meets RadioLoveVest
Justin Bettman and Gözde Eker animate their sets with actors hired through a local casting website. After they’ve staged their photo, they leave the set up for passersby to explore, photograph, rearrange or selfie. This living room was the first set they

Here's how you can find a bathroom, or a living room, on the streets of New York

A photographer and a Turkish set designer started building domestic scenes on the street of New York. What started out as an art project has become a commentary on our disposable culture and how public space is valued.

Here's how you can find a bathroom, or a living room, on the streets of New York

Kehinde Wiley’s Modern-Day Royalty

The artist Kehinde Wiley wondered why he never saw people who looked like him in museums. His ground-breaking paintings, which borrow from art history, are changing that.

Kehinde Wiley’s Modern-Day Royalty

How to Quit Smoking, One Illustration at a Time

The owner of New York City's punniest pizza shop illustrates his way out of his pesky smoking habit. 

How to Quit Smoking, One Illustration at a Time
The founder of Torah Animal World in Borough Park, Brooklyn, says the museum gets 3,000 visitors a week.

This museum is devoted only to animals mentioned in the Bible

Torah Animal World is dedicated to bringing the Bible to life — sort of. It's populated with hundreds of taxidermied creatures.

This museum is devoted only to animals mentioned in the Bible
Gambrinus restaurant, a local hangout in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. One waitress says people come in the summer to peel shrimp and drink beer outdoors near the ocean.

A Russian pirate-theme restaurant in Brighton Beach gives solace to Cold War nostalgia seekers

Frequent contributor Alina Simone was born in a Russian-speaking part of Ukraine. Sometimes when she's feeling nostalgic, she goes to a Russian pirate-themed restaurant in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn -- a bastion of Russian-speaking immigrants.

A Russian pirate-theme restaurant in Brighton Beach gives solace to Cold War nostalgia seekers

Makin' Whoopies

Makin' Whoopies