Marilyn Hagerty is the restaurant critic we either love or loathe. Why?

Maybe you have noticed that Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota restaurant critic who became a cultural curio after her Olive Garden review went viral in 2012, has been making the media rounds again. Her recent column on Applebee's, in which she heaps praise on the chain's oriental chicken salad, has been excuse enough to jump-start Marilyn Mania, which began more than two years ago with insights like these: