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Halgrimson: Celebrating 40 years at The Forum 
On May 1, I celebrated my 40th anniversary at The Forum, and as one is apt to do at my age, I looked back at my years as The Forum’s librarian and columnist.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Baklava cheesecake will make you say ‘wow’
In my youth, I can remember thinking that making a cheesecake was very difficult. My friend, Ralph Engel, who taught English at North Dakota State University, was a wonderful cook and his cheesecakes were classics. Mine were not.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: A brief history of Fargo’s Leef Cleaners building
This past week, the The Forum reported on the vacated Leef Cleaners building in central Fargo to be refurbished into a single-family home.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Businessman was familiar figure around Fargo
When Fargo businessman Maurice Kaufman was interviewed for a Forum story in 1941 after 56 years of working at the Alex Stern Clothing Co., he was still coming to work at 8:30 a.m. and working until 6 p.m.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Try a Cuban recipe filled with meaning
Moors and Christians is a beans and rice dish traditionally served on New Year’s Eve – but it is delicious almost any time of the year.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Fargo scrapped metal for the war effort, including cannon
As I was looking through the online postcard collection at the Institute for Regional Studies, I came across a photo of a cannon in a small park on the east side of the Northern Pacific depot and the west side of Shotwell’s Floral.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Shoe shopping in downtown Fargo has changed through the years
In the winter I wear boots, in the summer, sandals. All of my footwear has low heels. I quit wearing high ones when I turned 50, which was a good number of years ago.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Osso buco well worth splurging
If you want to blow your grocery budget sky high, I’ve got just the thing for you. The dish is Osso Buco.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Old city directories fascinating looks into the past
The first Fargo City Directory was published in 1881 while North Dakota was still a territory.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Avalon building has musical history
The building at 613 1st Ave. N., Fargo, might house the Avalon Events Center, but it will always be the Daveau Music Co., to me.
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Hunter Halgrimson: 100 years of ND chiropractors
Fargo - This month marks the 100th anniversary of the North Dakota Chiropractic Association. The group will celebrate the occasion by meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn April 27-29.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Sampling new restaurants in the Twin Cities
Usually when I visit the Twin Cities, I tend to want to visit the same restaurants I’ve been to before and liked. But on a recent, brief sojourn we sampled four new places in two days.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: ‘Illegal’ cookies worth doing time
“When I opened the door … my home was redolent of cinnamon and cloves. I was baking molasses cookies. The anxiety kindling in my overburdened mind demanded the kind of psychopharmaceutical relief that could be obtained only in the kitchen, and I’d stopped at the supermarket on the way home to stock up on illegal substances: butter, sugar, molasses, eggs. The orderly steps of cookie baking had freed my mind to meander.”
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Put locally grown carrots to use in savory soups
I love carrots. And while the orange vegetables are available year-round, the best ones are locally grown and available now.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Tasty Broadway dining for 5 bucks or less
Downtown Fargo is my kind of place, and it’s been around a long time, even longer than I have. I like stopping downtown for lunch, and last summer after Broadway Dogs opened, I was a frequent visitor to the service cart parked in the 200 block near the U.S. Bank plaza.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Blueberries quite versatile
Recipes for using blueberries abound, and while the fruit is available all year, the berries are in season from May through October – so there is plenty of time to use them in some of those many recipes.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Make your own teriyaki
When I think of teriyaki, I remember the teriyaki steaks that were on the menu at the Cork ’n Cleaver restaurant in south Fargo. But, alas, they are no longer served at the Cork.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Chill out with cold salad
Last week I made my annual trek to Bergeson Nursery in Fertile, Minn., to serve lunch to their merry crew of workers. My efforts earned me several flats of plants for our Fargo garden.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Hatton native Agnes Geelan a hero to many
In 1988, Newsweek magazine chose Agnes Geelan as an American hero, citing her peace activism. She was then 92 years old.
RELATED CONTENTHalgrimson: Set aside your fennel fears
Bulb fennel is one of my favorite vegetables, and one bulb goes a long way.
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