ANDREA HALGRIMSON
ALL ABOUT FOOD Layers of Chocolate, Strawberries and Cream
When I pulled out the pocket folder filled with recipes I've gathered from cooking classes I've attended over the years, I was surprised to see that some of the recipes dated back to 1984. That was t...
Posted on 6/10/12 at 9:27 AM
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 24, 2012
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , March 10, 2012
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , February 11, 2012
Halgrimson: Old city directories fascinating looks into the past
The first Fargo City Directory was published in 1881 while North Dakota was still a territory.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 28, 2012
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , January 06, 2012
As I Recall: Memories of Fargo’s Christmases past
When I think of downtown Fargo as it was during the holiday seasons of my youth, I remember the big tree at the foot of Broadway glowing with colored lights.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , December 10, 2011
The man behind the Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum
The beginnings of the Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum go back to 1930. That’s when a group known as the “Good Will Committee” met to organize programs to engage authoritative speakers on national and international issues and to present their views to the public.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 22, 2011
As I recall: Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum brought famous perspectives
When the Fargo-Moorhead Open Forum was deactivated by its board of directors in 1967, it had been an educational presence in the community since 1930.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , October 09, 2011
Halgrimson: Centers help track down Clay County history
Last week we looked at some of the places in Cass County where people can access historical records, documents and articles.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , September 25, 2011
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , September 21, 2011
Halgrimson: Organizations can help with historical research
For those interested in digging into the history of our area and the families who have lived here, the following organizations are some places to satisfy your curiosity:
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , September 18, 2011
Halgrimson: ‘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.”
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , September 07, 2011
Halgrimson: Fargo woman chronicled tales of WWI nurses
Angela Green was a nurse by training. Born in Brainerd, Minn., in 1886, she attended Northern Plains Beneficial Association Hospital, graduating in 1907. She married Paul T. Boleyn in 1911, and a son was born in 1914.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 28, 2011
Halgrimson: 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.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 24, 2011
Halgrimson: Fargo’s Boleyn girl wrote stories of pioneer women
When I first went to work as The Forum’s librarian in 1972, I came across a clipping with a photo of a woman I thought looked familiar. And she was, in a way. It was an article about my great-grandmother.
By Andrea Hunter Halgrimson , August 14, 2011
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