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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

Food

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.

Youth unfurl a giant Ukrainian flag as part of celebrations to mark Constitution Day on the Potemkin Stairs in Odessa.

‘Panic in a Suitcase’ is an immigration novel with an anti-immigration twist

Books
The World

Your Take: Most Hated and Most Loved Holiday Songs

Arts, Culture & Media
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

Arts, Culture & Media
A copy of Argumenty i Fakty, a weekly newspaper from Moskow, is on sale at a Brighton Beach shop.

In the Russian-American community of Brighton Beach, the Sochi Olympics are big

Sports

Voting Poses Challenges to Storm-Battered Russian Immigrants

Environment

The damage done when Hurricane Sandy slammed into the immigrant neighborhood of Brighton Beach has hung around for voting day. Host Aaron Schachter talks with a poll watcher and an election coordinator at the Shorefront Jewish Community Center.