Ukrainian borscht with dark bread, garlic and sour cream made by Marina Yusim at her home in Studio City. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) “In Ukraine, we were Jews. In America, we are Russians.

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Food and everything that surrounds it happens in a uniquely Russian way here in Russia. And that “Russian way” is different than a lot of us Americans expected. Kasha makes up a pretty large part of ...

“In Ukraine, we were Jews. In America, we are Russians. But in reality, we are from Ukraine, when it was part of the U.S.S.R." This is how Marina Yusim describes her pluralistic identity. As someone ...