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Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews
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Once upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoeswould you like those baked, mashed, or au gratin? A nice anniversary dinner? Would you rather visit the Holiday Inn or the Regency Inn? In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professors moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman has had the answers for more than twentyfive years: Marilyn Hagerty. In her weekly Eatbeat column in the local paper, Marilyn gives the denizens of Grand Forks the straight scoop on everything from the best blue plate specialsbeef stroganoff at the Pantryto the choicest truck stopsthe Big Sioux (and its lutefisk lunch special)to the ambience of the town s first Taco Bell. Her verdict? A cool pastel oasis on a hot day. Nononsense but wry, earnest but selfaware, Eatbeat also encourages the best in its readersreminding them to tip well and whyand serves as its own kind of downhome social register, peopled with stories of expostal workers turned caf owners and prom queen waitresses. Filled with reviews of the momandpop diners that eventually gave way to fastfood joints and the Norwegian specialties that finally faded away in the face of the Olive Garden s endless breadsticks, Grand Forks is more than just a loving look at the shifts in American dining in the last years of the twentieth centuryit is also a surprisingly moving and hilarious portrait of the quintessential American town, one we all recognize in our hearts regardless of where we re from.
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