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Author Interview: Restaurant Critic Marilyn Hagerty, Author Of 'Grand Forks' : NPR
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    The 87-year-old Hagerty has reported on food, events, and local profiles at the Herald for more than 25 years, but she earned 15 minutes of national fame last year with a positive review of her local Olive Garden restaurant.

    Thousands of people took to the Internet to ridicule Hagerty for her lowbrow tastes. But there followed a powerful backlash of people who came to her defense, tired of elitism among food and restaurant critics.

    Now, Marilyn Hagerty has written a book, with a forward by Anthony Bourdain. It's called Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews.