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sweet water blog
http://murphyjenn78.blogspot.com/
cooking, photography and writing. All of this you will find here, along with my journey through the loss of my best friend in the world, my mother.
Recent Posts
top chef experiment: take one (roasted beets and carrots with carrot top puree)
I love Top Chef.It's like the most perfect combination of guilty reality television and food porn.Thank god for a reality show that leaves me feeling inspired and not like I started out having a civilized glass of wine,Which turned into a crazy drink...
guanciale - post cure and ready for hanging (caution: contains graphic pork images)
Personally I think pork jowls are a thing of beauty. On the other hand, I can totally see how many people might not agree. So, a warning in advance that this post contains some unadulterated and extremely graphic images of pork in all its natura...
5 months (155 days)
I woke up today feeling more than a little odd, and not just because it's now 5 months since Mom passed.I'm pretty sure I forgot to take my - lovingly referred to by SeaBass as - "crazy pills" yesterday. This tends to leave me wandering aimlessly thr...
carrots - a revelation
My culinary life to this point has been a sham.My palate existed in a vast wasteland of ignorance that knew no end.Until, well, until said wasteland abruptly ended - with the arrival of two simultaneous bounties:1) heirloom carrots2) braising of said...
dilemma of the day - the first christmas
When you are in a situation such as mine; that is, living in your parents' home in the wake of the loss of your mother -Always keeping in mind of course that there is a good chance that I'm the only one in the history of mankind with strong enough se...
absence makes the heart grow fonder - i hope
I apologize for my absence.I have no excuse except that I spent this weekend visiting SeaBass' family in the metropolis that is Toronto and it has taken me until this afternoon to recover.I'm sure that sounds ridiculous. It sounds ridiculous to me an...
