Marilyn Hagerty
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Occupation | Writer |
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Hagerty was awarded the 2012 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media.[5]
In 2017, Hagerty received the UND Spirit Award, bestowed by the UND Alumni Association and Foundation.[6]
Hagerty was awarded an honorary degree from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota in 2021.[7]
Hagerty appeared as a guest Quickfire Challenge judge on Top Chef: Seattle "Even the Famous Come Home".
In September 2021, aged 95, she was reported to be recovering from an unspecified medical procedure.[8]
Career
Marilyn Hagerty, then Marilyn Hansen, began her career in the 1940s when she was a high school student and worked for the Pierre, South Dakota Capital Journal.[9]
By the 1970s, Hagerty had a regular column, and she also began a column of historical reminiscences, That Reminds Me. She was reviewing restaurants at least by 1976. She retired from full-time newspapering in 1991, but soon came back with a part-time schedule but a full-time workload.[9] Hagerty writes five columns for the paper, and does not consider herself a food critic.[10]
Collections
Three collections of Hagerty's columns have been published:
- Echoes: A Selection of Stories and Columns by Marilyn Hagerty (1994,ISBN 0964286009)[12]
- The Best of The Eatbeat with Marilyn Hagerty (2012, self-published e-book)[13]
- Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews (2013, ISBN 9780062228895)
2012 Olive Garden review
In March 2012, for her "Eatbeat" column, Hagerty wrote a review of a recently opened Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, ND. The review was overall positive, stating that "the chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day," and calling the Olive Garden "the largest and most beautiful restaurant now operating in Grand Forks."[2]
Blogs started linking to the review the day after it was published, due to the novelty of an unironic, positive review of a
Her son James R. Hagerty, a reporter for the
Personal life
Hagerty is of
During the 1997 Grand Forks flood, Jack and Marilyn Hagerty evacuated to Bismarck, North Dakota, where Jack died on June 13, 1997.[20]
References
- ^ Biography of Carol Hagerty Werner, fortmorgantimes.com. December 6, 2011. Accessed August 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Marilyn Hagerty, THE EATBEAT: Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome Archived 2019-05-12 at the Wayback Machine, Grand Forks Herald, March 7, 2012.
- ^ "Bourdain to work with viral Olive Garden reviewer". CBS News.
- ^ "Here's Anthony Bourdain's Foreword to Marilyn Hagerty's Book 'Grand Forks'". Eater. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ^ "National award for Grand Forks reviewer Marilyn Hagerty, All of Garden lover". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ "Marilyn Hagerty left 'speechless' by UND Spirit Award". Grand Forks Herald. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "Marilyn Hagerty to receive honorary degree from UND". Grand Forks Herald. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ Marilyn Hagerty recuperating after operation, grandforksherald.com. Accessed August 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Bakken, Ryan (March 12, 2012), Marilyn Hagerty: 'The Little Old Lady on Cottonwood Street', Grand Forks Herald, archived from the original on March 13, 2012, retrieved March 14, 2012
- ^ Rao, Vidya (March 21, 2012), Eric Ripert 'very happy' Marilyn Hagerty reviewed his restaurant', Bites on Today, archived from the original on March 25, 2012, retrieved March 21, 2012
- ^ (September 18, 1994). MARILYN HAGERTY'S WRITINGS GATHERED IN NEW BOOK, Grand Forks Herald
- ISBN 0964286009.
- ^ results, search. The Best of The Eatbeat with Marilyn Hagerty – via Amazon.
- ^ Marilyn Hagerty: Interview with genius Olive Garden reviewer Archived 2012-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, City Pages Blogs, Kevin Hoffman, March 8, 2012
- ^ Anderson Reads Marilyn Hagerty's Olive Garden Review, retrieved 2022-03-08
- ^ CNN, Only in America: The Olive Garden reviewer, retrieved 2022-03-08
- ^ ABC, Olive Garden Review by Marilyn Hagerty of 'Eatbeat' Goes Viral, retrieved 2022-03-08
- ^ a b Hagerty, James R. (March 12, 2012), "When Mom Goes Viral", The A-Hed, Wall Street Journal, retrieved March 13, 2012
- ^ "Carol Hagerty Werner". Bismarcktribune.com. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- ^ Bismarck Tribune, June 13, 1997, http://bismarcktribune.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_e901ae22-f5f1-5afe-8a97-1206cfcc8b6b.html