{"product_id":"grand-forks-a-history-of-american-dining-in-128-reviews-0062228897","title":"Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0062228897\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hagerty, Marilyn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoes-would 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 twenty-five 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 specials-beef stroganoff at the Pantry-to the choicest truck stops-the 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.\"No-nonsense but wry, earnest but self-aware, Eatbeat also encourages the best in its readers-reminding them to tip well and why-and serves as its own kind of down-home social register, peopled with stories of ex-postal workers turned café owners and prom queen waitresses. Filled with reviews of the mom-and-pop diners that eventually gave way to fast-food 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 century-it 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51526466502944,"sku":"NEW0062228897","price":12.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81stxx-VG1L.jpg?v=1779212355","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/grand-forks-a-history-of-american-dining-in-128-reviews-0062228897","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}