Maple Grove activities

“There’s nobody doing what I’m doing in the country and that opens people’s eyes,” Kavita Mehta says about her unique cooking classes. Mehta’s classes at Ethnic Foods Co. provide an exclusive look into what cooking in other cultures is like. She specializes in cuisines from all over the world, including Indian, Thai, Chinese and Persian to name a few. One of the most interesting classes Mehta leads is an Ayurveda class, which dives into the methods of Ayurvedic cooking and how important food is to keeping the body healthy. Read more about Ethnic Foods Co. Provides an Internationally Unique Cooking Experience

Thanksgiving for Annie Waterman’s family was more than turkey, mashed potatoes, football and pumpkin pie. There also were heaping portions of Whirlyball.

Annually for a decade-plus, more than 25 of Waterman’s relatives gathered in suburban Chicago and divided into teams of five to play the niche sport, which combines elements of basketball, hockey and lacrosse in bumper cars. (Players drive their own cars as they hold plastic scoops from which they pass and shoot whiffle balls at a target for points.) Read more about Whirlyball in Maple Grove