Anthony Bourdain saved octogenarian Olive Garden reviewer from internet bullies
When snobs made fun of an 85-year-old North Dakotan's restaurant review, Bourdain stepped in
When snobs made fun of an 85-year-old North Dakotan's restaurant review, Bourdain stepped in
When snobs made fun of an 85-year-old North Dakotan's restaurant review, Bourdain stepped in
was noted for treating with due respect, but he also handled oft-dismissed American culinary traditions with just as much reverence. Case in point: When he championed an 85-year-old Grand Forks, North Dakota, restaurant reviewer, and a book of her columns.
In 2012, food writer Marilyn Hagerty became briefly famous after her of a local Olive Garden tickled the internet's inner snob. "Next thing I know, they were telling me I was viral," a now 92-year-old Hagerty, who has been writing the Eat Beat column for "The Grand Forks Herald" for more than 30 years. "I didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t know if that meant I was sick, or what." But the attention given to her sincere appraisal of a fast-casual chain restaurant was mocking and condescending 바카라 게임 웹사이트 until Anthony Bourdain entered the story.
Bourdain invited Hagerty for coffee and asked if he could compile her reviews in a book. The book was published the following year, and Bourdain wrote the foreword himself.
"This is a way much of America eats," Bourdain told CBS of his decision to publish Hagerty. "This body of work, these thirty years of reviews of dining in North Dakota is, in a sense, a history of dining in America."
"When Anthony Bourdain said the Eat Beat was okay," said Hagerty, "I think a lot of people changed their mind." Though she only met Bourdain face-to-face on one occasion, Hagerty told "The Hollywood Reporter" that she remembers him fondly. "It was just how pleased I was that he was such a good-looking person," she said. "Easy to visit with, very pleasant to meet.바카라 게임 웹사이트