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“Baking up” your success: the story of Ms. Mzia, a Georgian immigrant entrepreneur in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

Written by Khatia Mikadze   “New York City is a place where you can find your own formula of success,” says Ms. Mzia, while serving her pastries to waiting customers standing in line. The owner of a tiny traditional Georgian bakery located on a street corner of Little Odessa, in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood, she attracts locals from different ethnic groups with her exceptional cooking and baking skills. The bakery serves Georgian food such as “Khachapuri” (cheesy bread), “Shoti” (oven-baked...

Immigration & Women Events Calendar, November 2014

Written by Khatia Mikadze   Sunday, November 2 – 4pm-6pm Talk – music & dance: Lecture Demonstration on Traditional Georgian Dance and Music In Brooklyn: Actors Fund Arts Center, 160 Schermerhorn Street Description: Georgian traditional singing and dancing are often enjoyed among friends and family, or in performance settings. This intimate program, presented by the Dancing Crane Georgian Cultural Center, brings you inside these arts to understand more of what you hear and see. Suggested donation $15, click here for tickets...