I signed up for a free Indian cooking class in Irvine last Saturday. We do not eat Indian food too much, although D and I enjoy it. The kids liked the chicken curry, but the rice had cashews, so we had to be careful. It is always fun to watch other people cook, but this session was a little long, since everything was made in “real time”. Even though the class was not geared towards kids, I think it was good to expand their culinary horizons. 
She taught us about spices, including Indian gunpowder, which I had never heard of before. We were able to take some spices home.