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"   Last week, Marilyn Hagerty, an 85-year-old freelance writer in Grand Forks, North Dakota, wrote a restaurant review about the newly opened Olive Garden for her local paper, the Grand Forks Herald. Just one day after Hagerty&amp;#039;s article was published, it went viral. Now the small town food critic is receiving mixed reviews \u2014 some poking fun at her take on an Olive Garden meal, while others praise her professionalism and criticize those who responded to her in a &amp;quot;snarky&amp;quot; fashion. More From Delish: Know Your Italian Herbs? According to People, the review, titled, &amp;quot;Long-awaited Olive Garden receives warm welcome,&amp;quot; was originally singled out because certain readers found the article funny. Hagerty&amp;#039;s prose was so sincere that some thought the review was a joke. Ultimately, the article&amp;#039;s Internet fame stems from Hagerty&amp;#039;s positive review of the Olive Garden. Her frank writing produced lines such as: &amp;quot;The place is impressive. It&amp;#039;s fashioned in Tuscan farmhouse style with a welcoming entryway,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;The chicken Alfredo was warm and comforting on a cold day.&amp;quot; The Huffington Post reported that Hargerty&amp;#039;s article has garnered an impressive 270,000 hits for the Grand Forks Herald, 20 times more than any competing paper. In a response to Hagerty&amp;#039;s review going viral, Anthony Bourdain, who is known for his own controversial comments, supported Hagerty via twitter. He wrote, &amp;quot;Very much enjoying watching Internet sensation Marilyn Hagerty triumph over the snarkologists (myself included).&amp;quot; More From Delish: Quick and Healthy Italian Low-Calorie Dishes Luckily Hagerty hasn&amp;#039;t taken the negative reactions to heart. In fact, she&amp;#039;s more concerned about her next deadline. In an interview with The Village Voice, she stated, &amp;quot;My daughter tells me I should go on Facebook and read all this crap...I do not have time to be bothered or read all that stuff. I have a Sunday column I&amp;#039;m doing now about a completely different subject. I don&amp;#039;t have time to sit here and twit over whether some self-styled food expert likes, or does not like, my column.&amp;quot; Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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