ANDREA HUNTER HALGRIMSON
Ingredients can give foods an ethnic twist
Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.
– Alice May Brock of Alice’s Restaurant fame)
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , June 04, 2013
Halgrimson: Earth-friendly clotheslines becoming thing of the past 
Are clotheslines part of history? Judging from the response to my completely unscientific survey, the answer is yes because they are more a part of the past than of the present.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 25, 2013
Make Greek ravioli using won ton wrappers
The kitchen of my youth was often filled with the heady aromas of Italian cooking, which my father preferred and my mother obliged him by preparing.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 14, 2013
Halgrimson: Barn is all that remains of ND’s first county hospital
Fargo - In the early 1960s, I used to drive my husband out to Edgewood golf course. The paving on North Elm Street ended at 32nd Avenue.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , May 04, 2013
Halgrimson: Top culinary educator comes home to Fargo, offers classes
A trade publication described chef Tim Rosendahl as “one of the top culinary educators in the industry” when he left his job in 1996 as executive chef instructor and administrator of culinary development at Walt Disney World to join Red Lobster as vice president of food and beverages.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , April 08, 2013
Halgrimson: Grilled veggies make a ‘divine’ soup
It’s called Zuppa All’ Ortolana at Toscana Italian restaurant in downtown Fargo. It is described on the menu as “Fresh Grilled Vegetable Soup.”
And it is divine.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 12, 2013
Halgrimson: Women who have shown me the way
While going through one of the many boxes of memorabilia in our house, I came across the following poem, written to my mother on her birthday.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 02, 2013
Halgrimson: Chocolate, oatmeal mix for great cake
In the past few years, there has been a lot of news about the health benefits of chocolate – dark chocolate, always appended with the caveat “in moderation.”
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , February 26, 2013
Halgrimson: 1926 photos lead to search of Fargo’s livery stable history
FARGO - When I went to work at The Forum in 1972 as their librarian, I came across two photos of a site being cleared for a building.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , February 23, 2013
Halgrimson: Beef Barley Soup a treat on cold day
Soup is about the only thing I want to eat when the weather is as cold as it’s been lately. I want something to warm both my body and spirit, and a steaming bowl of soup is always the answer.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 22, 2013
Halgrimson: Fargo’s Forsberg House was a fascinating place
‘Thousands See Forsberg House: While it is not one of the oldest in Fargo, The house at 815 3rd Ave. S., is probably one of the best known because it has, in the past 20 years, been visited by thousands. Officially, it is listed in the American Association of Museums as The Forsberg House,” according to a Forum article on June 15, 1975.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 12, 2013
Halgrimson: Spices add to Tomato Juice Cake
The only thing I remember my mother using cloves for was to stick them in the scored fat of a ham before it was baked.
So in the early years of my marriage, when I baked a spice cake that called for cloves, I added whole cloves. I was not familiar with the ground variety.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 08, 2013
As I Recall: Jazz great Dave Brubeck visited area several times
The first story about the Dave Brubeck quartet in The Forum files is dated Oct., 23, 1956. The review by Francis Schoff begins: “The Standing Room Only sign was out at NDAC’s Festival Hall Monday night as a packed house of students and townspeople applauded and sometimes whistled in enthusiastic approval of The Dave Brubeck Quartet.”
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 29, 2012
Halgrimson: Shopping at Broadway’s dime stores missed
As I drive from our north Fargo home out to West Acres to pick up something that I can no longer buy downtown, I am, as always, reminded of the past.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 16, 2012
Halgrimson: Enjoy tasty rømmegrøt in pie form
This time of year, the food police are giving advice on how to eat correctly so you can live to be 190 and not gain weight while doing it.
The holidays are one of their favorite times. They often seem to be skulking around in the fridge and kitchen cupboards and under restaurant tables.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 11, 2012
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