Grand Forks Herald reporter Marilyn gets her desserts | The Dickinson Press | Dickinson, North Dakota: "Except for a few nomads in Outer Mongolia, everybody now knows that 85-year-old Marilyn Hagerty has spent decades living on the edge as the “Eat Beat” reporter for the Grand Forks Herald.
Her column lauding the recently-opened Olive Garden restaurant has attracted nationwide acclaim.
Not only has she been given yards of news copy but she has been interviewed by television networks, becoming the best known North Dakotan since Eric Severeid provided daily wisdom on CBS television.
Some fancy Eastern folks were amused by a favorable review of a chain restaurant. They don’t understand that Grand Forks is a Scandinavian town with very few Italians. In fact, this restaurant wouldn’t make it on Italian traffic alone. So a favorable review is our way of telling the Norwegians it’s OK to welcome the Olive Garden by making it their annual dining out destination."
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