by Feroza Mehta | Nov 1, 2019 | Wellness
The Comprehensive Pain Clinic in Maple Grove takes multiple approaches to pain management. A New Maple Grove clinic offers treatments to help patients manage or treat their pain. We sat down with two of its physicians, Mark Yamaguchi, M.D., and Tunde Adekola, M.D.,...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Nov 1, 2019 | Recipes
Dan Greer offers up easy-to-make and quick-to-serve breakfast and dessert recipes. What do people most likely remember?—beginnings and endings. It’s no different when it comes to mealtimes, so we turned to Maple Grove’s Dan Greer, who has a decade of professional...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Nov 1, 2019 | Ingredients
Don’t wing it when it comes to Thanksgiving dinner. There are a few Thanksgiving camps, including the Tried and Trues and the Let’s Do Something News. (There’s no shame in sampling from both plates.) For those interested in traveling the culinary road not taken,...
by Erin Graney | Nov 1, 2019 | Giving Back, Senior Living
Be a Santa to a Senior spreads extra cheer. Santa Claus is a pretty popular character to young kids around the world, but even our community’s older members deserve some Santa magic on Christmas morning. Enter—Be a Santa to a Senior program, run by Home Instead Senior...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Oct 1, 2019 | Photo Contest
Resident captures image from her home. Sea Eagles took flight and captured an honorable mention nod for the Nature and Wildlife category in our annual photo contest, Focus on Maple Grove. Guiyun Qu of Maple Grove took the photo from her apartment in the Arbor Lakes...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Oct 1, 2019 | Ingredients, Shops
Love That Olive offers 50 varieties of extra virgin olive oil, nut and seed oils and balsamic vinegars. For a quick primer on everything you need to know about olive oil and balsamic vinegar, click here. Who enjoys a field trip? How about one that challenges your...
by Ava Diaz | Oct 1, 2019 | Interior Design, Renovate
The Smiths turned a mismatched space into a cohesive, modern living quarters with a little DIY home renovation magic. Mariah Smith and her husband, Perry, moved to Maple Grove in 2017 in hopes of creating a family-friendly home. Upon settling in, the Smiths realized...
by Erin Graney | Oct 1, 2019 | Giving Back, Pets
Pet food nonprofits make all the difference for local rescue operations. With seven dogs, four cats, two foster cats, 14 barn cats and two rescue potbelly pigs, Amy Arellano has a pretty good idea of what’s required to feed a large group of animals. “I know what we...
by Rebecca Haynes | Oct 1, 2019 | Style, Wellness
Londa Fischer, O.D., of North Star Eye Care shares some important information about eye care. Peepers. Peekers. Visual Seekers. Call them what you will, but all eyes need proper care, and we just sometimes forget to take into account what that means. In practice since...
by Emily Handy | Oct 1, 2019 | Book Club, Noteworthy
This scary storytelling podcast features terrifying tales told by the people who lived them. Podcast: Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked Avg. Episode Length: ~30min Genre: Performing arts Content Warnings: Some stories may be too scary for younger listeners. Halloween is...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Oct 1, 2019 | Ingredients
When does olive oil go bad? Should I refrigerate balsamic vinegar? This article originally appeared as part of the story Opposites Attract in the October 2019 issue. Three of the biggest enemies of olive oil are light, heat and air. Use EVOO within 12–14 months. Cold...
by Bill Princeton | Oct 1, 2019 | Drinks, Noteworthy, Recipes
Whether you’re watching at home or tailgating at the stadium, this cocktail from Princeton’s Liquor is the perfect purple potable. Purple People Eater 1½ oz. Tattersall vodka 1 oz. Blue curaçao 1 oz. Sweet and sour mix 1 oz. Grenadine 1 oz. Cranberry juice...
by Erin Graney | Oct 1, 2019 | Community
Maple Grove brings awareness to domestic violence. Consider the numbers. Between 2006-2016, 80 percent of women murdered in Minnesota were killed by a current or former intimate partner, and most were killed in their homes, according to the Minnesota Coalition for...
by Renée Stewart-Hester | Oct 1, 2019 | Arts
This play, based on the novel by Mark Haddon, has been called “intense, hopeful and profoundly moving” and its Broadway production received five Tony Awards, including Best Play. It’s seven minutes past midnight. The neighbor’s dog is dead. Christopher is a suspect....
by Susan Hein | Oct 1, 2019 | Book Club, Entertain, Noteworthy
This fun and colorful cookbook has 15 recipes for food that looks repulsive but is actually delicious. If you’re a kid and want to have the best Halloween party ever, The Gross Cookbook: Awesome Recipes for (Deceptively) Disgusting Treats Kids Can Make by Susanna Tee...